Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning with Our Past

Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning with Our PastA bold manifesto arguing that there is a clear precedent for paying reparations to atone for Americas original sin of slavery, offering a compelling legal strategy to achieve this goalfrom the acclaimed author of The Whiteness of Wealth. The idea of reparations is not a new or original one; it is one that is baked into American history. When the District of Columbia Emancipation Act of 1862 went into effect, wealthy slaveowners like Margaret Barber

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the author portrays a searing vision of America's future

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