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Book

Radical reparations : healing the soul of a nation

Call Number

  • 305.896 H946 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024]

Physical Description

324 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

"In Radical Reparations, this conversation shifter, social justice pioneer, change agent, and inventor of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter, which redefined the global conversation on racism and social justice, offers a unifying and unconventional framework for achieving holistic and comprehensive healing of African American communities. Hunter reimagines reparations through a profound new lens as he defines seven types of compensation: political, intellectual, legal, economic, spatial, social, and spiritual, using analysis of historical documents, comparative international cases, and speculative parables"--

Contents

  • Sambo's smile
  • The parable of Jubilee, South Carolina
  • The parable of New Jerusalem, Uganda
  • The parable of The People's Republic of South Africa
  • Better have my money
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References.

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