{"product_id":"long-overdue-charles-p-henry-9780814736920","title":"Long Overdue: The Politics of Racial Reparations","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn investigation of America's failure to atone for the wrongs of slavery\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEver since the unfulfilled promise of \"forty acres and a mule\" after the Civil War, America has consistently failed to compensate Black Americans for the wrongs of slavery. Exploring why America has struggled to confront the issue of racial injustice, \u003ci\u003eLong Overdue\u003c\/i\u003e provides a history of the racial reparations movement and shows why it is more relevant now than ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough an examination of Americans' unwillingness to address economic injustice, Charles P. Henry crafts a skillful moral, political, economic, and historical argument for African American reparations, focusing on successful political cases. In the wake of successes in South Africa and New Zealand, new models for reparations have found traction in a number of American cities and states, from Dallas to Baltimore and Virginia to California. By looking at other dispossessed groups--Native Americans, Holocaust survivors, and Japanese internment victims in the 1940s--Henry shows how some groups have won the fight for reparations, and explores new ways forward for Black Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Hurricane Katrina to Hurricane Harvey, the events of the 21st century continue to show that the legacy of racial segregation and economic disadvantage is never far below the surface in America. As the issue of reparations is brought to the national stage by figures such as Ta-Nehisi Coates and Kamala Harris, \u003ci\u003eLong Overdue\u003c\/i\u003e provides a must-read survey of the political and legislative efforts made toward reparations over the course of American history, and offers a new path toward establishing equality for all Black Americans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles P. Henry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814736920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814736920\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.12h x 6.38w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2007 pg. 970","brand":"Charles P. Henry","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086917349631,"sku":"9780814736920","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24360f5f-131b-4af7-8b07-519a3f248f8c.jpg?v=1769097310","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/long-overdue-charles-p-henry-9780814736920","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}