Reparations for Slavery: A ReaderRonald P. Salzberger, Mary Turck Reparations for Slavery: A Reader is a collection of essays on the topic of reparations for slavery in the United States. Unlike many other readers on such topics, this book includes a substantial number of essays designed to provide the entire discussion with an historical context by giving the reader a vivid sense of the injuries inflicted by slavery, its aftermath, and the continuing history of state-supported discrimination. |
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Why Reparations? Slavery and Its Aftermath | 3 |
U S House of Representatives on Section 4 of H R 29 | 29 |
Early Reparations Initiatives | 59 |
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