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Eugenics, Jim Crow, And Baltimore's Best, Garrett Power Nov 2016

Eugenics, Jim Crow, And Baltimore's Best, Garrett Power

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Reparations For Slavery And Jim Crow, Its Assumptions And Implications, David B. Lyons Oct 2015

Reparations For Slavery And Jim Crow, Its Assumptions And Implications, David B. Lyons

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This paper develops the case for reparations to African Americans today, based on wrongdoing that began with slavery, that was not repaired by Reconstruction, that was continued in new forms under Jim Crow, and that left a deeply-entrenched legacy of disadvantage despite civil rights reforms of the twentieth century. It reviews relevant aspects of U.S. history and policies since 1607 and lays out the moral considerations that call for a system of reparations far beyond anything yet contemplated by American society. It argues that cash payments, while needed, would not suffice, because slavery and Jim Crow were not just a …


Why Reparations To African Descendants In The United States Are Essential To Democracy, Adjoa A. Aiyetoro Jan 2011

Why Reparations To African Descendants In The United States Are Essential To Democracy, Adjoa A. Aiyetoro

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Recovering Texas History: Tejanos, Jim Crow, Lynchings & The University Of Texas School Of Law, Jose R. "Beto" Juarez Jan 2010

Recovering Texas History: Tejanos, Jim Crow, Lynchings & The University Of Texas School Of Law, Jose R. "Beto" Juarez

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Can We Talk? How Triggers For Unconscious Racism Strengthen The Importance Of Dialogue, Adjoa A. Aiyetoro Jan 2009

Can We Talk? How Triggers For Unconscious Racism Strengthen The Importance Of Dialogue, Adjoa A. Aiyetoro

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Truth Matters: A Call For The American Bar Association To Acknowledge Its Past And Make Reparations To African Descendants, Adjoa A. Aiyetoro Jan 2007

Truth Matters: A Call For The American Bar Association To Acknowledge Its Past And Make Reparations To African Descendants, Adjoa A. Aiyetoro

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