sentences:  By the time Bittker retired from teaching in 1983 to pursue scholarship full-time, his was one of the most recognizable names on the illustrious roster of Yale's faculty.In 1973, Bittker wrote "The Case for Black Reparations", inspired by SNCC leader James Forman, who in 1969 interrupted a church service to demand reparations for slavery.Bittker defended the spirit of Forman's appeal, but argued that a reparations lawsuit for school segregation had a stronger legal basis.