Author, activist and educator Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D.
releases new book, "SHOULD AMERICA PAY?
Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations"

Dr. Winbush now listed on UnityFirst.com's Speakers Bureau.

Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D. is one of America's most dynamic speakers on the topic of reparations/ race relations. He is the director of the Institute for Urban Research at Morgan State University. Also, he has taught at Oakwood College, Alabama A&M, Vanderbilt University, and Fisk University and has been the recipient of numerous grants, including one from the Kellogg Foundation to establish a "National Dialogue on Race," and is on the editorial board of The Journal of Black Studies.

In "SHOULD AMERICA PAY?: Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations" (Amistad /HarperCollins Publishers), author Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D. explores the reparations issue in-depth and from a variety of distinguished perspectives. He has collected more than twenty essays on every aspect of the subject. The result is a comprehensive collection rich in facts and insights into where the movement has been, where it is now, and where it will be in the future. The book also features full transcripts of important documents, including the First Congressional Reparations Bill of 1867 and the Dakar Declaration of 2001.

For decades, African Americans have watched as other ethnic groups received financial compensation for government-sanctioned crimes. Slowly but steadily, social activists, academics, and legal scholars have joined together to demand similar justice for the descendants of the systematic, brutal crime of slavery. Yet, advocates for reparations have many different opinions when it comes down to who should pay-and how the money could best serve to heal the wounds of the past.

Organized around key topics, essays thoroughly cover the history, the law, the grassroots organizing, and controversies surrounding reparations. Voices include:

" Congressman John Conyers, Jr., considered by many to be the "Rosa Parks of Reparation" on why this is a matter of justice, not charity
" Deadria Farmer-Paellmann on the unsung ex-slave pension movement
" Kevin Outterson, a tax law specialist, gives hard numbers on the cost of slavery
" Shelby Steele tackles the hot-button subject of victimization
" Christopher Hitchens takes on the loudest opponent of compensating slavery's descendants to explain why this debt is not easily canceled
" Molly Secours squarely confronts common objections made by white people

Raymond A. Winbush, Ph.D.
BIOGRAPHY

Director, Institute for Urban Affairs, Morgan State University

1995-2002 Benjamin Hooks Professor of Social Justice, Fisk University

1995-2002 Director, Race Relations Institute, Fisk University

1991-1995 Assistant Provost/DirectorJohnson Black Cultural Center, Vanderbilt University

Consultant & Web Site Curator, Encyclopaedia Africana Project Accra, Ghana, West Africa

Education:
A native of Cleveland Ohio. A product of public school education. In 1970, he graduated with honors in psychology from Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, and during his undergraduate education there, won scholarships to both Harvard and Yale Universities.
After graduation he won a fellowship to the University of Chicago and received both his Masters and Ph.D. in psychology in 1973 and 1976 respectively.From 1973 to 1980, Dr. Winbush taught at Oakwood College and Alabama A & M University in Huntsville before coming to Vanderbilt University in the fall of that year. At Vanderbilt he held an adjunct professorship in the Department of Psychology.

Accomplishments:

2000: Fisk 2000 Study Tour of Ghana-
It is important that Black people, throughout the world, have a clear understanding that Dr. Du Bois's and Dr. Nkrumah's call for a series of books, defining the world from an African-centered viewpoint, is still alive and well with the Encyclopaedia Africana Project, in Ghana.

Fisk University's historic Race Relations Institute-
In the tradition of the legendary Sankofa Bird of Ghana, fetches from the past and accompanies you on a ten day tour of beautiful Ghana, West Africa, to study the works of W.E.B. Du Bois, Kwame Nkrumah, George Padmore and the culture and people of Ghana, West Africa.

1997: The HOLDINGS Project-
Holding Our Library Documents Insures Nobility, Greatness & Strength [HOLDINGS] is a long-term initiative designed to preserve valuable, one-of-a-kind historical records and artifacts which document the early African-American experience.

1997: "National Dialogue on Race"-
A recently received five-year $2.6 million grant from the Kellogg Foundation will establish a "National Dialogue on Race" that will create regional conversations on the most troubling issue of our times: Race Relations.

1996: Ghana Research Fellowship-
Studied the last two years of Du Bois's life in Accra, Ghana, West Africa and his work with the Encyclopaedia Africana. An article published in the Independence Day 40th Anniversary issue of Ghana Review International, UK, examines Du Bois's motivation and collaboration with President Kwame Nkrumah regarding this monumental work.

Professional Consultants:

Association of Black Culture Centers

Former President of the Southern Region.

Encyclopaedia Africana Project WebSite Curator

Grant Writer; Technical Consultant,

The HOLDINGS Project Founding Partner.

National Council for Black Studies (NCBS)Executive Board member.

Travel
Ghana, Nigeria, Togo, France, England, Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica and Belgium.
Purpose: To understand how African culture has influenced world culture.

Hobbies
Writing, jazz, rap music, computers and photography.

Family
Proud father of three children: Omari, Sharifa and Faraji Winbush.

Favorite Internet Links: www.UnityFirst.com, The Black World Today, African Studies (University of Pennsylvania) Encyclopaedia Africana Project (EAP) Morgan State University Sun Tzu's "The Art War".

 

For more information on Ray Winbush, send an email to jfondon@unityfirst.com.

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