Redress for Historical Injustices in the United States: On Reparations for Slavery, Jim Crow, and Their Legacies

by Marilyn Yaquinto and Michael T. Martin

Book Overview

An exceptional resource, this comprehensive reader brings together primary and secondary documents related to efforts to redress historical wrongs against African Americans. These varied efforts are often grouped together under the rubric "reparations movement," and they are united in their goal of "repairing" the injustices that have followed from the long history of slavery and Jim Crow. Yet, as this collection reveals, there is a broad range of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822340240
• ISBN13: 9780822340249
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 702 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.1"