The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America
(Book)

Book Cover
Average Rating
Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017].
ISBN
9781631492853, 1631492853
Status
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor
305.8 ROTHSTEIN
1 available

Description

Loading Description...

Also in this Series

Checking series information...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st Floor305.8 ROTHSTEINOn Shelf
LocationCall NumberStatus
Acorn Public Library District - Stacks305.8 ROTChecked out
Addison Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult Books305.8 ROTChecked out
Alsip-Merrionette Park Public Library District - Stacks305.8 ROTOn Shelf
Batavia Public Library District - Adult Nonfiction305.8 ROTOn Shelf
Bellwood Public Library - Stacks305.8 ROTOn Shelf
Show All Copies

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

More Details

Published
New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xvii, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781631492853, 1631492853

Notes

Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, 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. Through extraordinary revelations and extensive research that Ta-Nehisi Coates has lauded as "brilliant" (The Atlantic), Rothstein comes to chronicle nothing less than an untold story that begins in the 1920s, showing how this process of de jure segregation began with explicit racial zoning, as millions of African Americans moved in a great historical migration from the South to the North.As Jane Jacobs established in her classic The Death and Life of Great American Cities, it was the deeply flawed urban planning of the 1950s that created many of the impoverished neighborhoods we know. Now, Rothstein expands our understanding of this history, showing how government policies led to the creation of officially segregated public housing and the demolition of previously integrated neighborhoods. While urban areas rapidly deteriorated, the great American suburbanization of the post-World War II years was spurred on by federal subsidies for builders on the condition that no homes be sold to African Americans. Finally, Rothstein shows how police and prosecutors brutally upheld these standards by supporting violent resistance to black families in white neighborhoods. The Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibited future discrimination but did nothing to reverse residential patterns that had become deeply embedded. Yet recent outbursts of violence in cities like Baltimore, Ferguson, and Milwaukee show us precisely how the legacy of these earlier eras contributes to persistent racial unrest. "The American landscape will never look the same to readers of this important book, " comments Sherrilyn A. Ifill. Indeed, Rothstein's invaluable examination demonstrates that only by relearning American urban history can we finally pave the way for the nation to remedy its unconstitutional past. -- Inside jacket flaps.

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Rothstein, R. (2017). The color of law: a forgotten history of how our government segregated America (First edition.). Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rothstein, Richard. 2017. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America. Liveright Publishing Corporation.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Rothstein, Richard. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Rothstein, Richard. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America First edition., Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2017.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Staff View

Loading Staff View.