From here to equality : reparations for Black Americans in the twenty-first century / William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen.

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"Racism and discrimination have choked economic opportunity for African Americans at nearly every turn. In 'From Here to Equality,' William Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen confront these injustices head-on and make the most comprehensive case to date for economic reparations for U.S. descendants of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Darity, William A., Jr., 1953- (Author)
Mullen, A. Kirsten (Andrea Kirsten) (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2020]
Subjects:
African Americans > Reparations.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
Income distribution > United States > History.
Slavery > United States > History.
Race discrimination > United States > History.
United States > Race relations > History.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Income distribution.
Race discrimination.
Race relations.
Slavery.
United States.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:416 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A political history of America's black reparations movement
  • Myths of racial equality
  • Who reaped the fruits of slavery?
  • Roads not taken in the early years of the republic
  • Alternatives to war and slavery
  • Race and racism during the Civil War
  • Rehearsals for freedom
  • Radicals and rebels
  • Seven mystic years (1866-1873)
  • Sins of the sons and daughters
  • Beyond Jim Crow
  • Criticisms and responses
  • A program of black reparations.