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Subject(s)

• African Americans—Reparations [Browse]
• African Americans—Politics and government [Browse]
• African Americans—Social conditions [Browse]
• Reparations for historical injustices [Browse]
• United States—Race relations—History [Browse]

Editor

• Cha-Jua, Sundiata Keita, 1953- [Browse]
• Berry, Mary Frances [Browse]
• Franklin, V. P. (Vincent P.), 1947- [Browse]

Summary note

This book, 'Reparations and Reparatory Justice: Past, Present, and Future,' edited by Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, Mary Frances Berry, and V. P. Franklin, is a comprehensive collection of essays and speeches exploring the historical and ongoing movement for reparations for African Americans. It delves into the historical injustices of slavery, the ongoing racial inequalities, and the legal, social, and economic arguments for reparations. Contributors include notable figures such as Danny Glover and Jesse Jackson Sr., who discuss various aspects of reparatory justice, including legislative proposals like H.R. 40 and alternative funding for education and incarceration reform. The book aims to galvanize the U.S. and global movements for reparations, offering frameworks and plans for achieving reparatory justice. It is intended for scholars, activists, policy makers, and anyone interested in social justice and racial equity.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Historical Timeline—Allen J. Davis
• Part I. Reparations: Speeches and Documents
• 1 The National/International Summit: Seizing the Moment to Galvanize the U.S. and Global Reparations Movement—Ron Daniels
• 2 Providing a Landmark and Frame of Reference for Reparatory Justice—Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.
• 3 Reparations: An Issue Whose Time Has Come—Danny Glover
• 4 Ten Reasons Why the Pesky Issue of Reparations Won’t Go Away—Earl Ofari Hutchinson
• 5 Reparations to Fund Alternatives to Mass Incarceration of African American Youth—V. P. Franklin
• 6 H.R. 40: The Commission to Study and Develop Reparations Proposals for African Americans in the United States—Sheila Jackson Lee
• 7 Reparations Means Full Repair: For 400 Years of Terror and Crimes against Humanity—Kamm Howard for N’COBRA
• 8 Pursuing a Reparatory Justice Agenda for Global Africa—Sir Hilary McD. Beckles
• 9 What Is Reparations?—The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N’COBRA)
• 10 America Owes Us for the Ongoing Destruction of Afrikan Life! Reparations Now!—New Afrikan People’s Organization and Malcolm X Grassroots Movement
• 11 Reparations Plan—National African American Reparations Commission
• 12 Reparations in Higher Education: A Scholars for Social Justice Platform—Adom Getachew for Scholars for Social Justice
• Part II. Reparations: Articles and Essays
• 13 Industrial Slavery and Dietary Deprivation: Expanding the Case for Black Reparations—James B. Stewart
• 14 Taking the United States to Court: Callie House and the 1915 Cotton Tax Reparations Litigation—Mary Frances Berry
• 15 This Is What Reparations Could Actually Look Like in America—Chuck Collins and Dedrick Asante-Muhammad
• 16 The Socialist Case for Reparations—Brian P. Jones
• 17 Reparations: Democrats, Universalism, and the African American Struggle for Autonomy—Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua
• 18 Family Roots of Reparations in the Era of Trump—Charles P. Henry
• 19 Reparatory Justice Campaigns in the Twenty-First Century—V. P. Franklin
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Index

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ISBN

• 9780252056642
• 0252056647

OCLC

1428905155

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