Getting to Reparations

In this powerful work, legal scholar Dorothy A. Brown challenges the notion that reparations for Black Americans is an impossible dream.

Drawing on historical precedents of governmental reparations paid to other groups, Brown presents a legally grounded argument and practical pathway for achieving reparations.

The book examines how the government has compensated Italian immigrants for lynching and slaveholders for losses associated with abolition, while failing to provide similar remedies to Black communities harmed by slavery, violence, and destruction.