Alfred L. Brophy

Reparations: Pro & Con

Buch

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 short, definitive work, Alfred L. Brophy, a leading expert on racial violence, traces the reparations issue from the 1820s to the present in order to assess the arguments on both sides of the current debate. Taking us inside litigation and legislatures past and present; examining failed and successful lawsuits; and exploring reparations actions by legislatures, newspapers, schools, businesses, and truth commissions, this book offers a valuable historical… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-530407-7
EAN: 9780195304077
Produktnummer: 22677044
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 288 S.
Masse: H23.3 cm x B15.9 cm x D2.1 cm 445 g
Gewicht: 445

Über den Autor

Alfred L. Brophy is Professor of Law at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation and Book Reviews Editor of Law and History Review. He contributed to the report to the Tulsa Race Riot Commission, a body created by the Oklahoma Legislature to investigate the riot and make recommendations for reparations. Brophy has appeared on CNN'sNews Night with Aaron Brown, NBC Nightly News, NPR's Fresh Air, the Tavis Smiley Show, and Talk of the Nation, and has been quoted in such newspapers as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Washington Post.