The Case for United States Reparations to African Americans

Authors

Adrienne D. Davis, Washington University in St. Louis School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2000

Publication Title

Human Rights Brief

Abstract

The political and juridical viability of reparations for descendants of enslaved black people is emerging as a highly contested concept in U.S. debates about justice and law. For decades, reparations have been an essential part of the international discourses of war and human rights.

Keywords

Reparations, African Americans, United States, Enslaved Peoples

Publication Citation

Adrienne D. Davis, The Case for United States Reparations to African Americans, 7 Human Rights Brief 3 (2000).

Repository Citation

Davis, Adrienne D., "The Case for United States Reparations to African Americans" (2000). Scholarship@WashULaw. 186.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/law_scholarship/186