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

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Explores the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions, like banks and real estate agencies. Argues that it was the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments that promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day.

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

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Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America

Before the Mayflower: A History of the Negro in America: 1619-1962

Who is Black? One Nation’s Definition

From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans

A Fragile Freedom: African American Women and Emancipation in the Antebellum City

Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine (Freedom’s Promise series)

Introduction to African American Studies: Transdisciplinary Approaches and Implications

The Mis-Education of the Negro

Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth-Century New York City

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