Reparations: Pro & Con

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 and legal perspective for reparations advocates and critics alike.

A book about reparations and its contentious qualities that is a must-read for all. If you want to know the essence of the debate, this book is for you.
--Charles K. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard Law School


Author: Alfred L. Brophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.17h x 6.26w x 0.81d
ISBN: 9780195304077

About the Author

Alfred L. Brophy is Reef C. Ivey II Professor Law at the University of North Carolina. 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's News 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.

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