Add to ORKGAfter the Civil War, freed slaves were promised “40 acres and a mule” to start new lives. This plan was opposed and following proposals for reparations have been opposed since. The majority of U.S. citizens believe that reparations are unnecessary because no living person is responsible for slavery, arguing that there is no “legacy of slavery.” However, others believe that African Americans today are still impacted by the vestiges of slavery. Thus, all U.S. citizens share responsibility for slavery’s legacy. This project explores the arguments for and against giving reparations to African Americans. Keywords: reparations, “legacy of slavery,” collective responsibilit
Reparations has always been a lingering topic in American history – one that is heavily discussed, b...
Victims of historical injustices who have no positive law claim against wrongdoers often seek repara...
This article seeks to establish the necessary theoretical and political grounds for reparations. It ...
Contemporary Black political discourse has recently engaged several differentpropositions and models...
This paper develops the case for reparations to African Americans today, based on wrongdoing that be...
In 1862, President Lincoln proposed a joint resolution to congress on compensated emancipation. Linc...
This Article, the author of which presented the opening and closing remarks and served as moderator ...
It is arguable that, historically, Africans and peoples of African descent, as victims of slavery an...
The truth is that we in the United States have an issue to face: Do we address historical errors tha...
The U.S. government has provided funds to people wrongfully discriminated against in the past, inclu...
Chattel slavery was a brutally cruel, repressive, and exploitative system of racial subjugation. Whe...
The most controversial, and most intriguing, remedy sought by proponents of slavery reparations invo...
A major difficulty facing the reparations-for-slavery movement is that to date the movement has focu...
The proposal of reparations to African-Americans for slavery and subsequent offenses has stimulated ...
This paper offers a sympathetic interpretation of reparations claims made on behalf of African Ameri...
Reparations has always been a lingering topic in American history – one that is heavily discussed, b...
Victims of historical injustices who have no positive law claim against wrongdoers often seek repara...
This article seeks to establish the necessary theoretical and political grounds for reparations. It ...
Contemporary Black political discourse has recently engaged several differentpropositions and models...
This paper develops the case for reparations to African Americans today, based on wrongdoing that be...
In 1862, President Lincoln proposed a joint resolution to congress on compensated emancipation. Linc...
This Article, the author of which presented the opening and closing remarks and served as moderator ...
It is arguable that, historically, Africans and peoples of African descent, as victims of slavery an...
The truth is that we in the United States have an issue to face: Do we address historical errors tha...
The U.S. government has provided funds to people wrongfully discriminated against in the past, inclu...
Chattel slavery was a brutally cruel, repressive, and exploitative system of racial subjugation. Whe...
The most controversial, and most intriguing, remedy sought by proponents of slavery reparations invo...
A major difficulty facing the reparations-for-slavery movement is that to date the movement has focu...
The proposal of reparations to African-Americans for slavery and subsequent offenses has stimulated ...
This paper offers a sympathetic interpretation of reparations claims made on behalf of African Ameri...
Reparations has always been a lingering topic in American history – one that is heavily discussed, b...
Victims of historical injustices who have no positive law claim against wrongdoers often seek repara...
This article seeks to establish the necessary theoretical and political grounds for reparations. It ...