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Alfreda Robinson |
Troubling "Settled" Waters: the Opportunity and Peril of African-american Reparations |
24 Boston College Third World Law Journal 139 (Winter, 2004) |
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Abstract: This Article explores the theme of troubling settled waters, which represents the impact of African-American reparations on the current landscape of race relations in America. The Article outlines the current and historical debate over reparations, addressing the arguments of opponents who contend that reparations dialogue and action... |
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Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. |
Tulsa Reparations: the Survivors' Story |
24 Boston College Third World Law Journal 13 (Winter, 2004) |
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Abstract: This Article explores the ability of reparations litigation to transform the American debate about race by promoting interest convergence between reparations advocates and the majority population. As Professor Derrick Bell has argued, only when the interests of the majority converge with those of the minority will the minority achieve... |
2004 |
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Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. |
Tulsa Reparations: the Survivors' Story |
24 Boston College Third World Law Journal 13 (Winter, 2004) |
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Abstract: This Article explores the ability of reparations litigation to transform the American debate about race by promoting interest convergence between reparations advocates and the majority population. As Professor Derrick Bell has argued, only when the interests of the majority converge with those of the minority will the minority achieve... |
2004 |
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Dennis Klimchuk |
Unjust Enrichment and Reparations for Slavery |
84 Boston University Law Review 1257 (December, 2004) |
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Introduction. 1257 I. Action and Remedy. 1259 II. Unjust Enrichment. 1261 III. Disgorgement. 1264 IV. Action and Remedy Again. 1265 V. Objections. 1268 VI. The Slavery Claims. 1271 |
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Federal Judge Stops Reparations-scam Tax Preparer |
DOJ 03-199 (3/31/2003) |
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Georgia Federal Court Acts to Stop "Slavery Reparations" Tax Scam |
DOJ 03-354 (6/16/2003) |
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Brief Amici Curiae of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'cobra) and the National Conference of Black Lawyers (Ncbl) in Support of Respondents |
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Amicus National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA) was founded in 1987 to work with individuals and other organizations to obtain reparations for the crimes against... |
2003 |
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F. Michael Higginbotham |
A Dream Revived: the Rise of the Black Reparations Movement |
58 New York University Annual Survey of American Law 447 (2003) |
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It is a pleasure to provide an introduction for a conference on the black reparations movement for two reasons. First, much has been written recently about the rise of the black reparations movement and the theoretical aspects of black reparations, but there has been little focus on comparative or practical considerations. This symposium issue... |
2003 |
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Emma Coleman Jordan |
A History Lesson: Reparations for What? |
58 New York University Annual Survey of American Law 557 (2003) |
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A major difficulty facing the reparations-for-slavery movement is that to date the movement has focused its litigation strategies and its rhetorical effort upon the institution of slavery. While slavery is the root of modern racism, it suffers many defects as the centerpiece of a reparations litigation strategy. The most important difficulty is... |
2003 |
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Matthew C. Stone |
About Face: American Ex-pows Turned Away by the United States Government; after Denial of Reparations, What Does the Future Hold? |
22 Penn State International Law Review 139 (Summer 2003) |
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Sleep my sons, your duty done . . . For freedom's light has come. Sleep in the silent depths of the sea Or in your bed of hallowed sod. Until you hear at dawn, The low clear reveille of God. --Unknown Choosing between competing interests is simply a fact of life for most politicians. In 1951, President Harry Truman, during his second presidential... |
2003 |
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Albert Mosley |
Affirmative Action as a Form of Reparations |
33 University of Memphis Law Review 353 (Winter, 2003) |
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I. Introduction. 353 II. Affirmative Action and Its Role as Compensation for Past Racial Discrimination. 355 III. Conclusion. 363 |
2003 |
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Peter Wallenstein, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
Alfred L. Brophy, Reconstructing the Dreamland: the Tulsa Riot of 1921-race, Reparations, and Reconciliation, New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. Pp. Xx + 187. $25.00 (Isbn 0-19-514685-9) |
21 Law and History Review 638 (Fall, 2003) |
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During the evening of May 31, 1921concerned that a young black man, Dick Rowland, was likely to be taken from his Oklahoma jail and lynchedthree carloads of armed black men (among them veterans of the Great War) made their way from Greenwood, the black section of Tulsa, downtown to the courthouse. Crowds gathered, and a shot rang out, touching... |
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Eric K. Yamamoto , Susan K. Serrano , Michelle Natividad Rodriguez |
American Racial Justice on Trial--again: African American Reparations, Human Rights, and the War on Terror |
101 Michigan Law Review 1269 (March, 2003) |
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Few questions challenge us to consider 380 years of history all at once, to tunnel inside our souls to discover what we truly believe about race and equality and the value of human suffering. --Kevin Merida (on African American reparations) Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said today that terrorists can only be attacked from the highest moral... |
2003 |
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Natsu Taylor Saito |
Beyond Reparations: Accommodating Wrongs or Honoring Resistance? |
1 Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal 27 (Fall, 2003) |
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Reparations for race-related wrongs have become a common subject of both popular and scholarly discourse. There is a great deal of public discussion-- and some remedial action--with respect to wrongs arising out of World War II, and the subject of reparations to African Americans has once again become a subject of widespread debate. Accordingly, it... |
2003 |
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Alfreda Robinson |
Corporate Social Responsibility and African American Reparations: Jubilee |
55 Rutgers Law Review 309 (Winter 2003) |
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But if there is not sufficient means to recover it,what was sold shall remain with the purchaser until the year of jubilee;in the jubilee it shall be released,and the property shall be returned. Leviticus 25:28 Summary. 311 I. Introduction. 312 II. Corporate Reparations Paradigm: Stretched to the Limit Stakeholder Theory of Corporate Social... |
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Christian Sundquist |
Critical Praxis, Spirit Healing, and Community Activism: Preserving a Subversive Dialogue on Reparations |
58 New York University Annual Survey of American Law 659 (2003) |
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Remembering the past has always been a difficult and painful endeavor for the Black community. The effects of over two hundred forty-five years of slavery, three hundred fifty years of government-sponsored racial discrimination, and three hundred eighty years of pervasive racism and economic oppression will do that to a people. The Black community... |
2003 |
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Robert Westley |
Foreword: Bridging the Public/private Law Divide in African-american Reparations Discourse |
55 Rutgers Law Review 301 (Winter 2003) |
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Amid the ascendancy of the jurisprudence of backlash, the continuing assault on race conscious remedial programs, and the potential demise of affirmative action on the horizon, Black reparations discourse in recent years has reached levels of unprecedented productivity at a time when status based claims involving race have come under great attack.... |
2003 |
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Adjoa A. Aiyetoro |
Formulating Reparations Litigation Through the Eyes of the Movement |
58 New York University Annual Survey of American Law 457 (2003) |
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Discussions are now being held throughout the world in academic, community and governmental organizations concerning reparations as a remedy for the enslavement of African peoples in the Americas and the continuing vestiges of chattel slavery. It has taken on a level of seriousness which surprises many, largely because the concept of reparations... |
2003 |
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Burt Neuborne |
Holocaust Reparations Litigation: Lessons for the Slavery Reparations Movement |
58 New York University Annual Survey of American Law 615 (2003) |
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Over the past six years, a wave of litigation in American courts has played an important role in generating almost $8 billion for distribution to Holocaust victims. Current Holocaust-related efforts to seek relief in American courts began in 1996 with the filing of three actions in the Eastern District of New York seeking recovery of Holocaust-era... |
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Chad W. Bryan |
Precedent for Reparations? A Look at Historical Movements for Redress and Where Awarding Reparations for Slavery Might Fit |
54 Alabama Law Review 599 (Winter 2003) |
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While by no means a new concept, the debate over modern reparations for slavery has taken on a new intensity in recent years, especially among the African American community. Much of this focus has come as a result of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, congressional legislation awarding reparations for the World War II internment of thousands of... |
2003 |
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A. David E. Balahadia |
Preparations for a Storm: a Proposal for Managing the Litigation Stemming from September 11th, 2001 |
4 Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal 61 (2003) |
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In the two years since September 11th, 2001, the United States government has overthrown the Taliban, liberated Iraq, and captured Saddam Hussein. Despite these victories abroad, the United States government has unresolved issues on the home front. The attacks of September 11th, 2001 resulted in the deaths of 2,749 people while thousands more were... |
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Christopher C. Jones |
Redemption Song: an Analysis of the Reparations Movement |
33 University of Memphis Law Review 449 (Winter, 2003) |
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I. L2-4,T4Introduction 450 II. L2-4,T4The History and Background of the Reparations Movement 451 A. L3-4,T4The Freedmen's Bureau 451. B. L3-4,T4Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 453. C. L3-4,T4Reparations in the United States for Other Injured Groups 454. 1. The Tulsa and Rosewood Race Riots. 454 2. Japanese Detainees of World War II. 456 3. Reparations... |
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Roy L. Brooks |
Rehabilitative Reparations for the Judicial Process |
58 New York University Annual Survey of American Law 475 (2003) |
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One of the most important issues in the debate on black reparations concerns the precise form such reparations should assume. Should they be in the form of a check from the federal government or culpable corporation made payable to individuals or families of slave descendants? If so, how does one calculate such payments? Should reparations be in... |
2003 |
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Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. |
Repairing the Past: New Efforts in the Reparations Debate in America |
38 Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 279 (Summer, 2003) |
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The reparations debate, in America and globally, has gained momentum in recent years, and it will only grow in significance over time. The claim that America owes a debt for the enslavement and segregation of African Americans has had historical currency for over 150 years. Occasionally, the call for repayment of the debt for slavery has reached a... |
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Ransford W. Palmer |
Reparations and the Black-white Income Gap |
6 Howard Scroll: The Social Justice Law Review 71 (Fall, 2003) |
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The issue of reparations for slavery has gained more attention in recent years, but it has not yet attracted a ground swell of support. Even among the Black population, opinion is divided. Those who advocate reparations seek solutions in the courts, but the strength of their arguments must be based not only on law, but also on the social and... |
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Lee A. Harris |
Reparations as a Dirty Word: the Norm Against Slavery Reparations |
33 University of Memphis Law Review 409 (Winter, 2003) |
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I. L2-4,T4Introduction 409 II. L2-4,T4Origins of the Anti-Reparations Norm 413 A. L3-4,T4Culture 414. 1. Self-reliance. 415 2. Private Property. 417 3. Equal Opportunity. 419 B. L3-4,T4Individuals 421. C. L3-4,T4Law 426. III. L2-4,T4Public Discourse in Light of the Anti-Reparations Norm 430 A. L3-4,T4Political Discourse 430. B. L3-4,T4Academic... |
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Stephen Kershnar |
Reparations for Slavery and Justice |
33 University of Memphis Law Review 277 (Winter, 2003) |
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I. L2-5,T5Introduction 278 II. L2-5,T5The Descendants of Slaves Were Not Unjustly Harmed by Slavery 278 A. L3-5,T5Claims of Compensatory Justice Require an Unjust Harm 278 B. L3-5,T5Slavery Did Not Harm the Descendants of Slaves 280 C. L3-5,T5Even If Slavery Harmed the Descendants, It Probably Did Not Do So Unjustly 282 III. L2-5,T5The Inheritance... |
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Eric A. Posner , Adrian Vermeule |
Reparations for Slavery and Other Historical Injustices |
103 Columbia Law Review 689 (April, 2003) |
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Victims of historical injustices who have no positive law claim against wrongdoers often seek reparations from governments, and occasionally they obtain them. The best known reparations programs are those for Japanese Americans who were interned by the United States government during World War II, and for victims of the Nazi Holocaust. But there... |
2003 |
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Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. |
Reparations for the Children of Slaves: Litigating the Issues |
33 University of Memphis Law Review 245 (Winter, 2003) |
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Reparations presents one of the most controversial issues facing race relations in America today. It is controversial, in part, because it involves something more than the usual attempt to resist the roll-back of civil rights gains of the 1950s and 1960s. Instead, reparations requires an active, forward-looking response to America's baleful history... |
2003 |
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Erin Daly |
Reparations in South Africa: a Cautionary Tale |
33 University of Memphis Law Review 367 (Winter, 2003) |
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The South African experience with reparations is an important object lesson for any major effort to seek reparations to the descendents of slaves in the United States. In large part, this is because South Africa represents the best possible case for reparations: there were clear and gross violations of human rights, still-suffering victims,... |
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