Title:
Reparations : pro & con
Author:
Brophy, Alfred L.
ISBN:
9780195304084
9780195304077
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Publication Information:
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Physical Description:
xviii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Abstract:
Today, the debate over reparations--whether African-Americans should be compensated for decades of racial subjugation--stands as the most racially divisive issue in American politics. In this work, Alfred L. Brophy, an expert on racial violence, regards the debate over reparations from the 1700s to the present, examining the arguments on both sides of the current debate. Taking us inside litigation and legislatures past and present, examining failed and successful lawsuits, and reparations actions by legislatures, newspapers, schools, and businesses, including apologies and truth commissions, this book offers a valuable historical and legal perspective for reparations advocates and critics alike.
Contents:
Introduction -- Understanding reparations : reparations definitions, goals, history, and theory -- Reparations definitions -- Black (and other) reparations in history -- Reparations ascendant : the recent renascence of reparations debate and refined reparations theory -- The modern Black reparations movement : why now, why, and what? -- Against reparations -- Implementing reparations : reparations practice -- Evaluating reparations lawsuits -- Legislative reparations -- Possibilities for the future -- 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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