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UNC Press announces the publication of the new Second Edition paperback of From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century by William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen. Because of your interest in the subject, the author suggested that we contact you personally. For more information on exam copies and how to purchase, see below.
"Simply put: The best historical, conceptual, and empirical case for reparations for Black Americans."
--Ibram X. Kendi
From Here to Equality
Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century
Second Edition
William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen
with a new preface by the authors
2021 Inaugural Association for the Study of African American Life and History Book Prize
2021 Lillian Smith Book Award
2021 Best Book Awards in Social Change Category, American Book Fest
2020 Ragan Old North State Award for Nonfiction, North Carolina Literary and Historical Association
This compelling and sharply argued book addresses economic injustices head-on and make the most comprehensive case to date for economic reparations for U.S. descendants of slavery. Using innovative methods that link monetary values to historical wrongs, William Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen assess the literal and figurative costs of justice denied in the 155 years since the end of the Civil War and offer a detailed roadmap for an effective reparations program, including a substantial payment to each documented U.S. black descendant of slavery.
This new edition features a new foreword addressing the latest developments on the local, state, and federal level and considering current prospects for a comprehensive reparations program.
"Darity and Mullen challenge the United States to bear the moral weight of the legacies of slavery and deeply entrenched racism: to reject trifling, half-hearted measures and to approach—and perhaps even achieve—wholeness through reparations."
--New York Review of Books
"[Darity and Mullen] draw on both journalistic and scholarly sources to make a strong case for cash payments to Black descendants of slaves. . . . They provide a detailed analysis of the deep disparities in wealth, income, education, and other measures of well-being that have persisted since emancipation."
--The Nation
"An extraordinary accomplishment and a brilliant and provocative contribution to the current debate on reparations. From Here to Equality provides a genuinely novel and thoughtful solution that will propel this evolving, international political movement."
--Craig Steven Wilder, author of Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities
“Darity and Mullen have written a vital intellectual history and a roadmap for these times. Tragically, the nation continues to bequeath its original sin to yet another generation with a persistent unpaid debt and unearned privileges. The issue of reparations for African Americans is long-debated but not often enough seriously considered. This book is a glimmering exception. From Here to Equality is tautly written, fiercely argued, and passionately committed to the spirit and letter of freedom.”
--Tressie McMillan Cottom, PhD, author of Thick: And Other Essays
448 pages $20.00 paperback
For more information and to read an excerpt, visit the book page.
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