Long overdue : the politics of racial reparations / Charles P. Henry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henry, Charles P., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Reparations--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--History.

African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.

African Americans--Civil rights.

History.

Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

Reparations for historical injustices.

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

African Americans--Reparations.

United States.

Reparations for historical injustices--United States.

Racism--Political aspects--United States.

Racism.

Racism--Political aspects.

United States--Politics and government--20th century.

Politics and government.

United States--Race relations.

Race relations.

Slavery--United States--History.

Slavery.

Physical Description:

x, 249 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2007]

Contents:

Introduction: Insufficient Funds 1

1 A Political and Legal History of Reparations and Race Relations 9

2 From Forty Acres to "We Must Have Our Money": Reparations from Antebellum to Civil Rights America 33

3 A Winning Case: Comparing the Rosewood and Greenwood Reparations Claims 69

4 The Contemporary Debate: The Legacy of Slavery and the Antireparations Movement 93

5 Reparations Go Global: Pan Africanism and the World Conference against Racism 123

6 A True Revolution of Values: Changing the Culture and Politics of Reparations 164

Epilogue: We Are American: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-239) and index.

ISBN:

0814736920

9780814736920

OCLC:

145145233

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