The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Richard Rothstein

368 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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This “powerful and disturbing history” exposes how American governments deliberately imposed racial segregation on metropolitan areas nationwide (New York Times Book Review). Widely heralded as a “masterful” (Washington Post) and “essential” (Slat...

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informative 98%
challenging 62%
reflective 39%
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emotional 7%
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inspiring 1%
tense 1%

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