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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
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Start date
January 24, 2022
Finish date
February 14, 2022
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The Color of Law is Franklin Afternoon Book Discussion's February selection! This book club will be held …more

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Becky
This was for Book Club at library, I did not finish because I ran out of time. Because its Black History Month and I do two library book clubs as well as a monthly Zoom book club on social justice I have overloaded on this serious thoughtful stuff when it's usually interspersed with the literary and romance novels that I enjoy. So this non-fiction book theorizing how actual governmental policy and laws fostered the ongoing and present day inequalities in housing and neighborhoods that African Am ...more
Carrie
Nov 16, 2020 rated it really liked it
Shelves: history
A dry tone, but an informative, comprehensive, and worthwhile history on this topic.
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