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Author:

Rothstein, Richard, author.

Title:

The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America / Richard Rothstein.

Publisher:

Liveright Publishing Corporationa division of W.W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xvii, 342 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Subject:

Segregation--United States--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
Discrimination in housing--History--United States--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.
Segregation--United States--History--20th century.
HISTORY--United States--20th Century.
LAW--Housing & Urban Development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--City Planning & Urban Development.--City Planning & Urban Development.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
African Americans--Segregation.
Discrimination in housing--Government policy.
Race relations.
Segregation.
United States.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
Segregation--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.
1900-1999
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-320) and index. Includes reading group guide.

Contents:

If San Francisco, then everywhere? -- Public housing, Black ghettos -- Racial zoning -- "Own your own home" -- Private agreements, government enforcement -- White flight -- IRS support and compliant regulators -- Local tactics -- State-sanctioned violence -- Suppressed incomes -- Looking forward, looking back -- Considering fixes -- Epilogue.

Summary:

"Richard Rothstein explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation -- that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes it clear that it was de jure segregation -- the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments -- that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day."--Jacket.

ISBN:

1631494538
9781631494536

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1032305326

Locations:

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TZPC572 -- Center Point Public Library (Center Point)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

HUAX887 -- Southwestern Community College Library - Creston (Creston)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

HRPE845 -- Sioux Center Public Library (Sioux Center)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

CRPC926 -- Wellman-Scofield Library (Wellman)