United States' history is soiled by 246 years of enslaving Africans and their descendants and by another 135 years of racial segregation and de jure racial discrimination. Yet, without an apology and payment of reparations, this chapter of American history remains open.

Can reparations remedy the continuing consequences of slavery? Randall Robinson explores the issues of reparations to African Americans for slavery and America's responsibility in assisting countries in Africa.

The Fourth Annual W.E.B. DuBois Lecture

Sponsored by: Afro-American Studies and Research Program, Center for African Studies

In conjunction with: African American Cultural Program, Campus Honors Program, Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Center for Writing Studies, College of Education, Counseling Center, Department of Economics, Department of History, Department of Sociology, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Housing Division, Illinois Center for International Business Education and Research, Illinois State Geological Survey, International Programs and Studies, Latina/Latino Studies Program, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, School of Social Work, Spurlock Museum. Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, Women?s Studies Program, YWCA of the University of Illinois