"Slavery and the Atlantic slave trade are among the most heinous crimes against humanity committed in the modern era. Yet, to this day no former slave society in the Americas has paid reparations to former slaves or their descendants. European countries have never compensated th…
"Slavery and the Atlantic slave trade are among the most heinous crimes against humanity committed in the modern era. Yet, to this day no former slave society in the Americas has paid reparations to former slaves or their descendants. European countries have never compensated th…
"Slavery and the Atlantic slave trade are among the most heinous crimes against humanity committed in the modern era. Yet, to this day no former slave society in the Americas has paid reparations to former slaves or their descendants. European countries have never compensated th…
"This book traces the complex legacy of the Haitian Revolution, the world's only successful slave revolution. Alex Dupuy's analysis of race, class, and slavery explains the pitfalls of the revolution and the vicissitudes of the country's underdevelopment."--Provided by publisher.
Birth of the New Afrikan Independence Movement: a historical overview -- The fruition of Black Power: paper-citizenship and the intellectual foundations of lifestyle politics -- Revolutionary name choices: self-definition and self-determination -- New Afrikan lifestyle politics …
"On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall near New Orleans leaving widespread death and destruction. The inept emergency response that followed exposed major institutional flaws and poor planning. Questions linger: Can this happen again? Is our government equipped to …
Analyzing the immediate and long-term repercussions of Hurricane Katrina, the essays in this volume expose the racial disparities that exist in disaster response and recovery and challenge the geography of vulnerability.
"Roy L. Brooks reframes one of the most important, controversial, and misunderstood issues of our time in this reassessment of the growing debate on black reparations. Atonement and Forgiveness shifts the focus of the issue from the backward-looking compensation for victims to a…
Roy Brooks reframes one of the most important, controversial & misunderstood issues of modern times in this reassessment of the debate on black reparation. He shifts the focus from the backward-looking question of compensation for victims to a more forward-looking opportunity fo…
