2. Wealth Implications of Slavery and Racial Discrimination for African American Descendants of the Enslaved

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part 1. The Context and Cases for Reparations
6. 1. Where Does Black Reparations in America Stand? 11
7. 2. Wealth Implications of Slavery and Racial Discrimination for African American Descendants of the Enslaved 22
8. 3. Unequal Housing and the Case for Reparations 63
9. 4. Educational Inequities and the Case for Reparations 75
10. 5. The African American Health Burden 95
11. Part 2. The Path to Reparations and Related Considerations
12. Learning from Past Experiences with Reparations 111
13. 7. Considerations for the Design of a Reparations Plan 138
14. 8. Reparations and Adult Education 147
15. 9. The Children of Slavery 174
16. 10. On the Black Reparations Highway 200
17. Appendix A. List of Documented Massacres and Instances of Mob Violence Perpetrated against Black Individuals, Civil War through 1950 213
18. Appendix B. Sample Pedigree Chart and Family Group Sheet from Sons & Daughters of the United States Middle Passage 217
19. The Reparations Planning Committee 221
20. Index 223