reparations

Examines the history of racism in the United States, pointing to slavery as the root of the country's continuing racial divide, and arguing that attention to the past, acknowledgement of wrongdoing by the white community, an apology, and reparations to African-Americans are the only way to eliminate racism.

Contains essays in which key participants in the debate over whether reparations should be paid to African-Americans for slavery explain their positions both for and against the idea. Includes a selection of related documents.

Presents descriptions of Japanese life in America before World War II, the evacuation, internment life, and legal challenges to the government's actions; primary documents; biographies of significant figures; a photographic essay; a chronology; and an annotated bibliography.

Explores the lasting legacy slavery has had on the African-American community and examines conflicting opinions on slave reparations, presenting primary and secondary documents that reflect opinions both for and against reparations.

Explores a wide range of opinions concerning reparations for American slavery, discussing the pros and cons of the issue and the controversies it has sparked.

Examines the life of Callie House, a woman who was born into slavery in 1861 and later became a laundress in Nashville, focusing on her demand that the U.S. government pay pensions to ex-slaves for centuries of unpaid labor, and discussing the efforts of the Justice Department to stop House and her followers.