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

Rothstein, Richard,

The color of law : a forgotten history of how our government segregated America / Richard Rothstein. - First edition. - xvii, 345 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-320), appendix, and index.

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.

9781631492853

2017004962


Segregation--History--United States--20th century.
African Americans--Segregation--History--20th century.
Discrimination in housing--Government policy--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

E185.61 / .R8185 2017

305.800973/0904

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