Compiled by Dorothy Ann Washington, Librarian Purdue University, Black Cultural Center

The librarian wishes to thank Ukali Mwendo for his assistance in the compilation of this bibliography.


1994. Paying for slavery. Economist, 28+.
      Full text of article is also available in the Academic Search Elite database.

1997. Do African-Americans deserve reparations? Essence (Oct.):64+.
     Full text of article is also available in the Academic Search Elite database.

America, Richard F. 1990. The Wealth of races : the present value of 
benefits from past injustices, Contributions in Afro-American and African 
studies, no. 132. New York: Greenwood Press.

     305.800973 W73 1990

America, Richard F. 1993. Paying the social debt : what White America 
owes Black America. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.

     305.896073 Am35p 1993

America, Richard F. 2000. The Last Word: Reparations and higher education. 
Black issues in higher education 16 (23):104.
     Full text of article is also available in the Academic Search Elite database.

America, Richard F. 2000. Reparations and public policy. The Review of 
Black Political Economy 26 (3 [Winter 1999]):77-83.

Full text of the article is also available in the International Index to Black Periodicals-Full Text 
database.

Bittker, Boris I. 1973. The case for Black reparations. [1st ] ed. New York: 
Random House.

     342.73088  B548c

Chisolm, Tuneen E. 1999. Sweep around your own front door: examining 
the argument for legislative African American Reparations. University of 
Pennsylvania Law Reviw 147 (3):677+.
     Full text of article is also available in the Academic Search Elite database.

Conyers, John. The proposed Reparations Study Commission 
      [cited . Available from http://www.blackvoices.com/feature/reparations/legislation/index.html.

Harper, James. Bethune puts the issue on trial 
     [cited . Available from http://www.blackvoices.com/feature/reparations/trial/index.html.

House, United States. Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for 
African-American Act (106th Cong., 1st sess., H.R. 40.) 
     [cited . Available from http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c106:H.R.40:.

House, United States. Bill summary & status for the 106th Congress.    H.R. 
40 
   [cited . Available from http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d106:3./temp/z?d106:h.r.00040:.

Kelley, Robin D. G. 2000. The Debt Calls for America to Pay Up:  The Debt 
that America Owes to Blacks by Randall Robinson. Emerge, February, p. 
105+.

Lacy, Dan Mabry. 1972. The white use of Blacks in America. [1st ] ed. New 
York,: Atheneum.

     301.45196073 L119w

Logan, Rayford Whittingham. 1965. The betrayal of the Negro, from 
Rutherford B. Hayes to Woodrow Wilson. New enl. ed. New York,: Collier 
Books.

     323.4  L828b2

Mazrui, Ali A. 1993. Who should pay for slavery? World Press Review, Aug., 
22+.
Full text of article is also available in the Academic Search Elite database.

Oliver, Melvin L., and Thomas M. Shapiro. 1995. Black wealth/white wealth 
: a new perspective on racial inequality. New York: Routledge.

     339.220973 OL4b 1995

Oubre, Claude F. 1978. Forty acres and a mule : the Freedmen's Bureau and 
Black land ownership. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press.

     973.714 Oul lf

Robinson, Randall. 2000. The debt : what America owes to Blacks. New 
York: Dutton.

     305.8/00973 R 566d 2000

Sealey, Geraldine. Atoning for slavery ABCNews.com, 2000 
[cited . Available fromhttp://abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/slavery000615.html.


Shabazz, Malik. 1994. Reparations for African-Americans and Africa. Crisis, 
Janurary, 20+.
     Full text of article is also available in the Academic Search Elite database.

Worrill, Conrad W.  2000. Reparations remain a grassroots led movement. 
Final Call.