The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks Tuesday, August 4 2009.

• In this powerful and controversial book, distinguished African-American political leader and thinker Randall Robinson argues for the restoration of the rich history that slavery and segregation severed. Drawing from research and personal experience, he shows that only by reclaiming their lost past and proud heritage can blacks lay the foundation for their future. And white Americans can make reparations for slavery and the century of racial discrimination that followed with monetary restitution, educational programs, and the kinds of equal opportunities that will ensure the social and economic success of all citizens. In a book that is both an unflinching indictment of past wrongs and an impassioned call to our nation to educate all Americans about the history of Africa and its people, Robinson makes a persuasive case for the debt white America owes blacks, and the debt blacks owe themselves.

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks Wednesday, July 29 2009.

• Added a contributor: Randall Robinson: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks Thursday, July 16 2009.

• I WAS BORN in 1941, but my black soul is much older than that.