An exceptional resource, this comprehensive reader brings together
primary and secondary documents related to efforts to redress
historical wrongs against African Americans. These varied efforts
are often grouped together under the rubric "reparations movement,"
and they are united in their goal of "repairing" the injustices
that have followed from the long history of slavery and Jim Crow.
Yet, as this collection reveals, there is a broad range of opinions
as to the form that repair might take. Some advocates of redress
call for apologies; others for official acknowledgment of
wrongdoing; and still others for more tangible reparations:
monetary compensation, government investment in disenfranchised
communities, the restitution of lost property and rights, and
repatriation.Written by activists and scholars of law, political
science, African American studies, philosophy, economics, and
history, the twenty-six essays include both previously published
articles and pieces written specifically for this volume. Essays
theorize the historical and legal bases of claims for redress;
examine the history, strengths, and limitations of the reparations
movement; and explore its relation to human rights and social
justice movements in the United States and abroad. Other essays
evaluate the movement's primary strategies: legislation,
litigation, and mobilization. While all of the contributors support
the campaign for redress in one way or another, some of them engage
with arguments against reparations. Among the fifty-three primary
documents included in the volume are federal, state, and municipal
acts and resolutions; declarations and statements from
organizations including the Black Panther Party and the NAACP;
legal briefs and opinions; and findings and directives related to
the provision of redress, from the Oklahoma Commission to Study the
Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 to the mandate for the Greensboro Truth and
Reconciliation Commission. Redress for Historical Injustices in the
United States is a thorough assessment of the past, present, and
future of the modern reparations movement. Contributors. Richard F.
America, Sam Anderson, Martha Biondi, Boris L. Bittker, James
Bolner, Roy L. Brooks, Michael K. Brown, Robert S. Browne, Martin
Carnoy, Chiquita Collins, J. Angelo Corlett, Elliott Currie,
William A. Darity, Jr., Adrienne Davis, Michael C. Dawson, Troy
Duster, Dania Frank, Robert Fullinwider, Charles P. Henry, Gerald
C. Horne, Robert Johnson, Jr., Robin D. G. Kelley, Jeffrey R.
Kerr-Ritchie, Theodore Kornweibel, Jr., David Lyons, Michael T.
Martin, Douglas S. Massey , Muntu Matsimela , C. J. Munford, Yusuf
Nuruddin, Charles J. Ogletree Jr., Melvin L. Oliver, David B.
Oppenheimer, Rovana Popoff, Thomas M. Shapiro, Marjorie M. Shultz,
Alan Singer, David Wellman, David R. Williams, Eric K. Yamamoto,
Marilyn Yaquinto
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