Reparations

Alfred L. Brophy is Professor of Law at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Reconstructing the Dreamland: The Tulsa Riot of 1921: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation and Book Reviews Editor of Law and History Review. He contributed to the report to the Tulsa Race Riot Commission, a body created by the Oklahoma Legislature to investigate the riot and make recommendations for reparations. Brophy has appeared on CNN's News Night with Aaron Brown, NBC Nightly News, NPR's "Fresh Air," the "Tavis Smiley Show," and "Talk of the Nation," and has been quoted in such newspapers as the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Washington Post.

• Introduction Part I. Understanding Reparations: Reparations Definitions, Goals, History, and Theory 1: Reparations Definitions 2: Black (and Other) Reparations Part II. Reparations Ascendant: The Recent Renascence of Reparations Debate and Refined Reparations Theory 3: The Modern Black Reparations Movement: Why Now, Why, and What? 4: Against Reparations Part III. Implementing Reparations: Reparations Practice 5: Evaluating Reparations Lawsuits 6: Legislative Reparations Part IV. Possibilities for the Future 7: Reparations Future, Realistic Reparations, and Models of Reparations Appendices and Documents Related to Reparations Notes For Further Reading Index

The book should prove useful for advanced history courses.