| Description |
xviii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-280) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- pt. 1. Understanding reparations : reparations definitions, goals, history, and theory -- 1. Reparations definitions -- 2. Black (and other) reparations in history -- pt. 2. Reparations ascendant : the recent renascence of reparations debate and refined reparations theory -- 3. The modern Black reparations movement : why now, why, and what? -- 4. Against reparations -- pt. 3. Implementing reparations : reparations practice -- 5. Evaluating reparations lawsuits -- 6. Legislative reparations -- pt. 4. Possibilities for the future -- 7. Reparations future, realistic reparations, and models of reparations -- Appendices, documents related to reparations -- Appendix 1 : Special Field Orders, No. 15 (1865) -- Appendix 2 : A Bill (H.R. 29) Relative to Damages Done to Loyal Men, and For Other Purpose [Confiscation] (1867) -- Appendix 3 : Slavery Study Bill, H.R. 40 106th Congress, 1st Session (1999) -- Appendix 4 : California Slavery Era Insurance Registry (2000) -- Appendix 5 : Chicago Slavery Era Insurance Disclosure Ordinance 2-92-585 (2003) -- Appendix 6 : President Bush speaks at Goree Island in Senegal (2003) -- Appendix 7 : 108th Congress, 2d Session, Senate Joint Resolution 37 (2004) -- Appendix 8 : United States Senate Apology for Failure to Pass Anti-Lynching Legislation, 109th Congress, 1st Session -- Notes -- For further reading -- Index. |
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African Americans -- Reparations.
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African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Compensation (Law) -- United States.
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Reparations for historical injustices.
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Restorative justice.
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| ISBN |
019530408X |
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9780195304084 |
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0195304071 paperback |
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9780195304077 paperback |
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