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March 01, 2004

Funny what comes out when Black History Month is over

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Del. Viola Baskerville, a sponsor of the House version of the bill, isn't buying. With enough will, she insists, the state could find a way. "We have passed budgets that contain $1 million for a horse farm. We can find the money if there is a will.

Still Battling 'Massive Resistance'

By William Raspberry

If you want to get my juices flowing, talk to me about the claims made by victims (and their descendants) of the 1921 race riots in Tulsa. It's pretty well accepted that the city officially folded its arms while white mobs destroyed black Tulsa's thriving businesses in the Greenwood section. The obstacles I see are statutory (how do you stop the clock on the statute of limitations?), rather than moral.

And then there is Prince Edward County, Va., where what we used to call the "white power structure" shut down the public schools rather than integrate them in accordance with the 1954 school desegregation decision. The schools remained closed from 1959 until 1964, during which time there was no tax-paid education for black children. (White youngsters were sent to a newly established "private" academy.)

Victims of this last gasp of American apartheid have an obvious (to me) claim for the educations they were forced to miss.

What's more, the Virginia General Assembly agrees. Both houses of the state legislature passed bills unanimously to provide scholarships for the victims of Virginia's strategy of "massive resistance" to desegregation orders.

Yes, Virginia, there are reparations.

But backers of the legislation say it would take at least $2 million to meet the expected claims. The most generous version of the state budget provides only $100,000.

Virginia, you see, has budget problems.

Posted by P6 at March 1, 2004 01:35 PM
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On Black History related note Earl, there's a new book out on African-American political history by the highly regarded social historian Stephen Hahn. I've read some of his stuff and he's a thorough researcher with a good grasp on the political and social implications of economic policy. Thought you might be interested.

Posted by mark safranski at March 1, 2004 11:34 PM

I get no joy from Amazon when I search for books authored by Stephen Hahn.

Posted by P6 at March 2, 2004 01:00 AM