Long Overdue: The Politics of Racial Reparations

by Charles Henry and Charles P. Henry

Book Overview

An investigation of America's failure to atone for the wrongs of slavery

Ever since the unfulfilled promise of "forty acres and a mule" after the Civil War, America has consistently failed to compensate Black Americans for the wrongs of slavery. Exploring why America has struggled to confront the issue of racial injustice, Long Overdue provides a history of the racial reparations movement and shows why it is more relevant now...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814737412
• ISBN13: 9780814737415
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.7"