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Author Brooks, Roy L. (Roy Lavon), 1950-

Title Atonement and forgiveness : a new model for Black reparations / Roy L. Brooks
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 325 pages)
Contents The purpose and history of the Black redress movement -- Harms to slaves and free Blacks -- Harms to descendants -- The tort model -- The atonement model -- Opposing arguments
Summary Roy Brooks reframes one of the most important, controversial & misunderstood issues of modern times in this reassessment of the debate on black reparation. He shifts the focus from the backward-looking question of compensation for victims to a more forward-looking opportunity for racial reconciliation
Notes "George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-302) and index
Notes English
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Subject African Americans -- Reparations.
Atonement.
Government liability -- United States.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- Social History.
African Americans -- Reparations
Atonement
Government liability
Entschädigung
Ethnische Beziehungen
Schwarze
Slavernij.
Rassendiscriminatie.
Compensatie.
United States
USA
Schwärze
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021696272
ISBN 9780520939738
0520939735
9780520239418
141754077X
9781417540778
0520239415