One take into consideration, the Times and Tribune in Chgo. are liberal and the slant they put on this is to be taken with a grain of salt.
To see what his stand is on reparations check out RenewAmerica/Keyes Archives:
But the truth of the Civil War is that the terrible price for American slavery has been paid, once for all, by the American people's deliberate acceptance of their duty to pay it when, in God's providence, Southern intransigence brought it due.
Let us resolve, this Easter season, to remember the price America paid for her sin. Let us remember and venerate the high moral purpose of those, including Lincoln, who died to make men free.
2002 WorldNetDaily.com
http://www.renewamerica.us/archives/columns/02_04_01wnd.htm
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Dr. King and affirmative action
Robert Meyer
January 11, 2004
http://www.renewamerica.us/columns/meyer/040111
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Search results for keyes on slavery
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To get the scoop daily {aside from liberal media}:
Alan Keyes Blog
The unofficial source for all news relating to the 2004 Alan Keyes for Senate Campaign in Illinois
http://www.alankeyesblog.com/
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Keyes' appearance on "Scarborough Country" moved to Tuesday
MSNBC interview
August 16, 2004
RenewAmerica staff
Discussion of John Kerry's alleged distortion of his Vietnam record dominated Monday's Scarborough Country. As a result, Joe Scarborough's interview of Alan Keyes will be shown on Tuesday.
The program will air Tuesday evening at 10 p.m. Eastern Time.
I hope Alan isn't a I was against reparations before I was for reparations type of guy.