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Long Overdue : the Politics of Racial Reparations.

Ever since the unfulfilled promise of "forty acres and a mule," America has consistently failed to confront the issue of racial injustice. Exploring why America has failed to compensate Black Americans for the wrongs of slavery, Long Overdue provides a history of the racial reparations mov...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Henry, Charles P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Introduction: Insufficient Funds; 1 A Political and Legal History of Reparations and Race Relations; 2 From Forty Acres to "We Must Have Our Money": Reparations from Antebellum to Civil Rights America; 3 A Winning Case: Comparing the Rosewood and Greenwood Reparations Claims; 4 The Contemporary Debate: The Legacy of Slavery and the Antireparations Movement; 5 Reparations Go Global: Pan Africanism and the World Conference against Racism; 6 A True Revolution of Values: Changing the Culture and Politics of Reparations.
  • Epilogue: We Are American: The Aftermath of Hurricane KatrinaNotes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.