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A Black man holds up a sign during a Reparations Task Force meeting in Los Angeles, California on Sept. 22, 2022. Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

June 1, 2023

Reparations over formerly enslaved people has a long history: 4 essential reads on why the idea remains unresolved

Howard Manly, The Conversation

Former enslaved persons have never received a dime for their labor. Nor have their descendants received reparations for the legacy of slavery. Should the descendants be paid? By whom and how much?

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is spearheading fresh efforts in Congress to address reparations. Al Drago/Getty Images

March 5, 2021

Revisiting reparations: Is it time for the US to pay its debt for the legacy of slavery?

Anne C. Bailey, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Former enslaved persons never got ‘forty acres and a mule,’ and their descendants have been denied reparations for the legacy of slavery. Will Joe Biden be the president to change that?

Protesters toppled the ‘Silent Sam’ Confederate statue on Aug. 20 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gerry Broome/AP

August 24, 2018

Tearing down Confederate statues leaves structural racism intact

Anne C. Bailey, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Toppling statues devoted to Confederate soldiers may be a joyous moment for protesters who fight white supremacy, but after the statues fall, structural racism remains, a scholar on slavery argues.

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