The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America
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xvii, 345 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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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 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.

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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.

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