From here to equality

"Racism and discrimination have choked economic opportunity for African Americans at nearly every turn . . . [the authors] confront these injustices head-on and make the most comprehensive case to date for economic reparations for U.S. descendants of slavery. After opening the book with a stark assessment of the intergenerational effects of white supremacy on black economic well-being, [the authors] look to both the past and the present to measure the inequalities borne of slavery. Using . . . methods that link monetary values to historical wrongs, they next assess the literal and figurative costs of justice denied in the 155 years since the end of the Civil War. Finally, [the authors] offer a detailed roadmap for an effective reparations program, including a substantial payment to each documented U.S. black descendant of slavery. Taken individually, any one of the three eras of injustice outlined--slavery, Jim Crow, and modern-day discrimination--makes a . . . case for black reparations"--The University of North Carolina Press.