The Debate on Reparations before the Debate on Reparations at the National Black Economic Development Conference in Detroit, 1969.

The article focuses on the African American demand for reparations that continue to call to the significance of the Black Manifesto, the fire-brand statement produced in Detroit in the spring of 1969. Topics include considered the political-economic treatise from the National Black Economic Development Conference (NBEDC) that was of a fluid document that challenged the American social conscience.