# Event Details - **Event Name**: Dorothy Brown: "Getting to Reparations" - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 20 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Tue, 20 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join us for an evening with author and law professor Dorothy Brown.About this EventThe idea of reparations is not a new or original one; it is one that is baked into American history.When the District of Columbia Emancipation Act of 1862 went into effect, wealthy slaveowners like Margaret Barber were compensated for the loss of their enslaved workers. Barber received $9,000—an equivalent to $250,000 today. When a group of Italian immigrants were lynched in 1892, President Harrison compensated Italy a total of $25,000 for their deaths—an equivalent to almost $766,000 today. The Indian Claims Commission, an arm of the federal government, paid Indigenous Americans $818 million for underhandedly stealing their land in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—an equivalent to almost $350 billion today.Dorothy A. Brown addresses the glaring question: if reparations can be achieved for others, why not for Black Americans? If lynching can be remedied for Italian immigrants, and slaveholders compensated for losses associated with abolition and emancipation, then the government’s failure to provide such remedies to Black communities harmed by similar violence, loss, and destruction is long overdue. The fight for reparations is truly a fight for the soul of America, to produce the country our founding fathers idealized but never achieved.Getting to Reparations makes a logical and necessary case for reparations for Black Americans. It lays out a path as to how we might achieve this, built on the frameworks used throughout U.S. history by the government to pay restitution. It is now time to do the same for America’s Black population.About the Author:Dorothy A. Brown is a professor of law and the Martin D. Ginsburg Chair in Taxation at Georgetown University Law Center. She is also the author of The Whiteness of Wealth. A graduate of Fordham University and Georgetown Law, she received her LLM in taxation from New York University. A nationally recognized scholar in the areas of race, class, and tax policy, she has published dozens of articles, essays, and book chapters on the topic. She has appeared on ABC’s The View, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, NPR, The Armchair Expert, New Yorker Radio Hour, and Code Switch, and her opinion pieces have been published in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Born and raised in the South Bronx in New York City, Dorothy Brown currently resides in Washington, D.C.About the Program:Doors will open to registered attendees at 6 pm.A local bookseller will be on-site and have books available for purchase.Free parking vouchers are available to program attendees who park at the Franklin Street Garage (15 W. Franklin Street) after 4pm. Ask Pratt event staff for your parking voucher prior to or after the program.There is no registration required for virtual attendance, simply visit the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Facebook or Youtube page. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/baltimore/dorothy-brown-getting-to-reparations/100001795385358939 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, sports, workshops, nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Baltimore - **state**: MD - **country**: United States - **location**: Enoch Pratt Free Library - **lat**: 39.294555 - **long**: -76.617217 - **full address**: Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Dorothy Brown: "Getting to Reparations" - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/a91e9fb77a5586fa1561bab8499351e3475630f8c683d138e273d19b7596088f-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf63725-gmir.jpg?v=1762864836 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Dorothy Brown: "Getting to Reparations" being held? - **A:** Dorothy Brown: "Getting to Reparations" takes place on Tue, 20 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Tue, 20 Jan, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Dorothy Brown: "Getting to Reparations"? - **A:** Dorothy Brown: "Getting to Reparations" is organized by Enoch Pratt Free Library. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Enoch Pratt Free Library's events? - **A:** Enoch Pratt Free Library has 274+ followers on AllEvents, reflecting a trusted and active community of event-goers who follow their events. 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