Call for Papers
African Americans and the History of Sport
Submission Deadline: 31 January 2006
Past Submission Deadlines
African Americans and the Urban Landscape
Submission Deadline: 1 May 2003
Hip-Hop in History: Past, Present, and Future
Submission Deadline: 15 February 2004
New Research on African American History
Submission Deadline: 30 June 2005
Please mail three (3) hard copies of your manuscript to:

Dr. V.P. Franklin, Editor
The Journal of African American History
University of California, Riverside
Graduate School of Education – 1207 Sproul Hall
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521


E-mail:
vpf1019@aol.com; or jaah@jaah.org

Deadline for Submissions: 1 December 2009
The Journal of African American History
Formerly The Journal of Negro History
Founded by Carter G. Woodson, January 1, 1916
A Publication of the
Association for the Study of African American Life and History
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“African Americans and the Movements for Reparations”

Deadline for Submissions: 1 December 2009

The Journal of African American History is planning a Special Issue on “African Americans and the
Movements for Reparations.”  Recent studies have offered new evidence that historically African
Americans have organized movements to obtain reparations for the unpaid labor under the state-
sponsored institution of slavery; that state governments and private corporations benefited
substantially from the labor exploitation of African Americans through the convict-lease system and
chain gangs; that state educational agencies misappropriated federal and other funds designated to
support black public education during the era of “separate and unequal” schooling; and that state and
local government officials participated in policies of “racial cleansing” that resulted in the expulsion and
confiscation of the land and property of thousands of African Americans.  

The Special Issue will include reviews and evaluations of the documentation and findings in recent
works on the topic, including Randall Robinson, The Debt: What America Owes to Blacks (2000);
Raymond Winbush, ed., Should America Pay? Slavery and the Raging Debate on Reparations
(2003);  Mary Frances Berry, My Face Is Black Is True: Callie House and the Struggle for Ex-Slave
Reparations (2005); James W. Loewen, Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
(2005); Elliott Jaspin, Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America
(2007); David M.P. Freund, Colored Property: State Policy and White Racial Politics in Suburban
America (2007); Michael T. Martin, Michael T. and Marilyn Yaquinto, eds., Redress for Historical
Injustices in the United States: On Reparations for Slavery, Jim Crow, and their Legacies (2007);
Douglas A. Blackmon’s Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from
the Civil War to World War II (2008); and other works. Scholarly essays on the history of the
reparations movement and on the groups and organizations involved in campaigns to obtain
reparations for African Americans are particularly welcome. Scholars interested in possibly
contributing in other ways to the Special Issue should contact the JAAH Editorial Office:
vpf1019@aol.com.
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Questions and Comments should be directed to
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Essays should be no more than 35 typed, double-spaced pages (12 point font), including endnotes. The JAAH uses the Chicago
Manual of Style
, 15th Edition (Chicago, 2003) for citations. Guidelines for manuscript submission are available in The Journal of
African American History
; and on the JAAH website: http://www.jaah.org/

Submitted essays will be peer-reviewed. Your cover letter should include the title of your essay, name, postal address, e-mail
address, phone number, and fax number. Your essay should begin with the title of the essay and should NOT include your name.  
The First 100 Years: Documenting the Legacy of the NAACP
Submission Deadline: 28 February 2009