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The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America  Cover Image Book Book

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

Rothstein, Richard, (author.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781631492853
  • ISBN: 1631492853
  • Physical Description: xvii, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York ; Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-320) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Critical race theory.
Segregation > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in housing > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.

Available copies

  • 9 of 10 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 2 of 3 copies available at Pulaski County.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Pulaski County Library-Waynesville. (Show preferred library)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 10 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Pulaski County Library-Waynesville 305.8 ROT (Text) 33642000627406 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 05/09/2024
Pulaski County Library-Crocker 305.8 ROT (Text) 33642000627380 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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