Reparations for Slavery: A Reader is a collection of essays on the topic of reparations for slavery in the United States. Unlike other readers on the topic, the selections in this volume provide rich historical context by giving the reader a vivid sense of the injuries inflicted by slavery, its aftermath, and the continuing history of state-supported discrimination.

Contributions by: Thaddeus Stevens, James Forman, Hugo Bedau, David Horowitz, Ernest Allen Jr., Robert Chrisman, Robert K. Fullinwider, Stephen Kershnar