Reparations : pro & con /

Brophy, Alfred L.

Reparations : pro & con / Alfred L. Brophy. - Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - xviii, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2008,"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-280) and index.

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. pt. 1. 1. 2. pt. 2. 3. 4. pt. 3. 5. 6. pt. 4. 7.

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African Americans--Reparations.
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
Compensation (Law)--United States.
Reparations for historical injustices.
Restorative justice.
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.
African Americans--Reparations.
Compensation (Law)
Reparations for historical injustices.
Restorative justice.


United States.

KF4757 / .B66 2008

364.68 / B873r

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