Are Reparations Due to African-Americans? - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com

Are Reparations Due to African-Americans? - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com: To address the terrible human and economic costs of slavery and racial injustice in the United States, many have proposed that reparations be paid to African-Americans.

Would this compensate for the wrongs that have been done? Is it fair or practical to consider it? And if reparations were approved, how would they be implemented?