Reviewed by Alfred L. Brophy | Reviews | Journal of American Ethnic History, 27.4

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Long Overdue: The Politics of Racial Reparations. By Charles P. Henry. New York: New York University Press, 2007. x + 249 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, and index. $29.95 (cloth).

Talk of reparations for the eras of slavery and Jim Crow continues to grow in the academy and among African Americans even as white Americans refuse to participate in such debates. Charles Henry's Long Overdue offers one of the finest and most comprehensive discussions to date of the historical and international context for reparations claims on behalf of African Americans by explaining why reparations are rejected and describing the barriers facing those who ask for them.

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