Most people are wrong about a continuing sense of disbelief among African Americans regarding the continuing refusal of our country to provide justice in the form of reparations. In my observation, most African Americans desire and strive for equity and fair treatment, but they also have a realistic understanding of how they'll be treated.
In my opinion, reparations are owed to African Americans because of our history of 175 years of lawful slavery before the Civil War and another roughly 100 years of legislated and legal oppression of African Americans (AKA Jim Crow), which continued until the civil-rights era in the late 20th century.
That's roughly 300 years of legalized oppression. If that doesn't entitle a group to reparations, I'm not sure what does.