Reparations On Fire: How and Why It's Spreading Across America

Author: Taifa, Nkechi

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 210

Release Date: 25-12-2022

Part Number: 9781737982517

Details: Reparations on Firedescribes history-in-the-making. It combines a historical survey and commentary on the Reparations Movement in America while addressing how pioneering reparations legislation is being born and debated in city council chambers and statehouses nationwide. It is part historical analysis, part revolutionary manifesto, and part political red-alert.

Reparations on Fire brings additional value to the Reparations Movement as it goes about the necessary task of concretizing its goals and objectives and envisioning a future where Black freedom and joy can flourish. It describes how reparations went from being discussed in the radical margins of the Civil Rights Movement to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the General Assembly of the United Nations.

It outlines how unsung Black Power activists such as Queen Mother Moore and Imari Obadele set the foundations for reparations to be championed by U.S. Rep John Conyers and, later, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee in the Congress of the United States -- a fight that, as this book comes out, is still being waged as reparations activists ask President Biden to sign an executive order immediately bringing a federal reparations commission to study and develop reparations proposals into existence.

The quest for reparations is equal parts edgy, exciting, transformational, confrontational, messy and confusing. Reparations on Fireproves that we are now beyond rhetoric and well into action mode. Fire illuminates, purifies and brings warmth, but can also cause pain, damage and destruction. It can symbolize the eternal flame of hope, or signify ruin and demise. The spirit of reparations is sweeping the country like fire. Whether it heals or consumes depends on how America responds to its long overdue debt, and possibly portends the future of democracy, both domestic and global.

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Praise for Reparations on Fire

This powerful book on Reparations is clear evidence that Attorney Taifa has been unceasing in her life-long commitment to telling the compelling truth that America must repair the impact of enslavement on African Americans!
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), / lead sponsor H.R. 40

If 'good trouble' had a baby its name would be Nkechi Taifa! Her incomparable work with systematic reform and reparations for African Americans is a game changer, and this book is her blueprint!
Erika Alexander, actress/ activist/ producer; John Lewis: Good Trouble and The Big Payback

Sister Nkechi's epic history of fighting for reparations as an activist and lawyer uniquely qualifies her expertise. As I collaborate with others to advance local reparations initiatives, her passion and inspiration has been critical in providing the necessary education and historical context that's been key in the momentum we see today.
Robin Rue Simmons, Executive Director, FirstRepair / former Alderman, Evanston, IL

Author Ayi Kwei Armah once stated in The Healers, that "sometimes a mind here, and a mind there, refused to die" under the weight of white supremacy. Our dear sister beautifully reflects that mind that refused to die, that chose to illuminate the truth, and is using her insight to inspire and heal in Reparations on Fire.
Dr. Cheryl Tawede Grills, Member, California Reparations
Task Force / Professor, Loyola Marymount University

Reparations is on fire both domestically and globally and Nkechi Taifa's countless contributions have been fundamental to its rise!
Professor Justin Hansford, Executive Director, Howard University Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center/ Representative, UN Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

EAN: 9781737982517

Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.5 inches

Languages: English