The Case for Black Reparations

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Originally published in 1972, Boris Bittker's riveting study of America's debt to African-Americans was well ahead of its time. Published by Toni Morrison when she was an editor, the book came from an unlikely source: Bittker was a white professor of law. Through his research into the history and theory of reparations - he found that it wasn't a "crazy, far-fetched idea." Here he illuminates the historical provisions and statutes for legitimate claims, the international precedents, and most important, the obstacles to a national policy of reparations.

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"Professor Bittker's purpose here is to show that the concept of black reparations 'is far from bizarre or unprecedented, ' and in this he has succeeded with unusual force."

Author Bio

Boris I. Bittker is Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale University. He served on the Yale faculty from 1946 until his retirement in 1983. He lives with his wife in New Haven, Connecticut.