Segregation in the US: Difference between revisions
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[https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/color-law-segregated-america/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | [https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/color-law-segregated-america/ by ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | ||
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. | 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. | ||
=====SEGREGATION FOREVER”: LEADERS OF WHITE SUPREMACY===== | |||
[https://segregationinamerica.eji.org/report/segregation-forever-leaders.html by EJI] | |||
The influential and widespread rejection of racial equality by individuals, communities, officials, and institutions followed in the tradition of earlier generations of white supremacists who stood determined to thwart civil rights progress. That common cause inspired collective action among white citizens in many parts of the country that vaulted new leaders to national prominence and into powerful political positions where many outlasted the movement itself. | |||
