The Color of Law
Urban Milwaukee book club reads history of how government segregated America.
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein.
Are Milwaukee’s segregation woes the result of local, state and federal policy? Author Richard Rothstein argues just that in his book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.
Rothstein argues that even though laws were put in place, like the Fair Housing Act of 1968, actions were never taken to remedy a century of injustice.
Urban Milwaukee’s Book Club will discuss the book this summer.
Come for discussion and a social hour on Monday, June 25th at My Office, at 763 N. Milwaukee St. from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome to attend, the discussions are informal and open-ended. If you don’t finish the book, don’t worry. Come to listen, learn and engage.
The book club is part of a citywide shared reading organized by Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council and LISC Milwaukee. Rothstein will visit Milwaukee on October 16th as a capstone event to the citywide reading.
The book is available from Amazon, the Milwaukee Public Library and bookstores everywhere.
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Previous Books
- May 2018 – Automating Inequality by Virginia Eubanks
- February 2018 – Human Transit by Jarrett Walker
- November 2016 – The Cosmopolitan Canopy by Elijah Anderson
- September 2016 – Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus by Douglas Ruskoff
- June 2016 – The Smartest Places on Earth by Antoine van Agtmael and Alfred Bakker
- May 2016 – Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution by Janette Sadik-Khan and Seth Solomonow
- April 2016 – Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
- February 2016 – Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery
- January 2016 – Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert Putnam
- December 2015 – Start-Up City: Inspiring Private and Public Entrepreneurship, Getting Projects Done, and Having Fun by Gabe Klein
Upcoming Dates
- June 25th
- July 23rd
- October 8th
- December 3rd
