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

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

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Publisher's 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, inc...

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Main Author: Rothstein, Richard (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2017]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Segregation > Law and legislation > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation > History > 20th century.
Discrimination in housing > Government policy > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation.
Discrimination in housing > Government policy.
Race relations.
Segregation.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Table of 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.

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