UC Berkeley Talks: Charles Henry On The Case For Reparations

Berkeley CA

13 February, 2021

12:37 AM

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Press release from the University of California, Berkeley: February 12, 2021 Read the transcript. Subscribe to Berkeley Talks, a Berkeley News podcast that features lectures and conversations at UC Berkeley. Charles Henry is a professor emeritus of African American studies at UC Berkeley. (UC Berkeley photo) In this episode of Berkeley Talks, Charles Henry, professor emeritus of African American studies at UC Berkeley and author of Long Overdue: The Politics of Racial Reparations, discusses why reparations for slavery are gaining mainstream support, why he believes they are a solution and what could enable Black Americans to feel "acknowledged, redressed and with closure." This talk, given in October 2020, is part of "America's Unfinished Work," a series by Berkeley's Osher Lifelong Learning Center (OLLI). In September 2020, Gov. Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 3121, establishing a first-in-the-nation task force to study and make recommendations on reparations. Watch a video of a panel discussion, moderated by Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, that explores the topic. This press release was produced by the University of California, Berkeley. The views expressed here are the author's own.