A Debut Novel Imagines a Future that Includes Reparations

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 27, 2024

In the debut novel from author Maura Cheeks set in a fictional version of America, family secrets and stories emerge after a daughter seeks to prove that her family descended from slaves in order to receive the reparations passed in the Forgiveness Act. Cheeks joins us to discuss, Acts of Forgiveness.

*This segment is guest-hosted by Matt Katz.

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