The enslavement of blacks in America lasted 246 years. It was followed by a century of legal racial segregation and discrimination. The two periods, taken together, constitute the longest running crime against humanity in the world over the last 500 years.-Randall RobinsonReparations are the central issue of race relations in America in the twenty-first century. Until we address it seriously, we will continue to make only modest progress with some of the larger issues.-Charles J. Ogletree Jr
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