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FROM THE ARCHIVES

20 YEARS AGO

November 2000

“You can see…why black reparations activists might get the idea that such political settlements, no matter how secure and final they looked at the time, are subject to perpetual reconsideration: They’ve been watching the stunningly successful campaign over World War II–era reparations. After the end of that war, American policy makers concluded treaties with

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