Join the Library and Loyalty Bookstores wi th Richard Rothstein and Leah Rothstein for the release of their new book Just Action. Following up on Richard Rothste in's The Color of Law\, Just Action explores the ways we can undo government-created segregation.
\nBooks will be available for sale and signing. A limited number of giveaway copies will be availabl e courtesy of the DC Public Library Foundation. \;
\nAbout the Book
In the six years since its initial publication\, \;The C olor of Law\, &ldquo\;the most forceful argument ever published on how fed eral\, state\, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborh ood segregation&rdquo\; (William Julius Wilson)\, has become a landmark wo rk\, which&mdash\;through its nearly one million copies sold&mdash\;has he lped to define the fractious age in which we live. Aware that twenty-first -century segregation continues to promote entrenched inequality\, Richard Rothstein has now teamed with housing policy expert Leah Rothstein to writ e \;Just Action\, a blueprint for concerned citizens and community lea ders. This book describes dozens of activities that readers and supporters can undertake in their own communities to make their commitment real\, pr oducing victories that might finally challenge residential segregation and help remedy America&rsquo\;s profoundly unconstitutional past.
\nAbout the Authors
Leah Rothstein&rsquo\;s expertise in the full range of ho using policy stems from more than two decades of experience as a consultan t to affordable housing developers and local governments and as a communit y and union organizer. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
\nRi chard Rothstein\, the author of \;The Color of Law \;and father to co-author Leah Rothstein\, has written many books and articles o n educational policy and racial inequality. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
\nAbout the Moderator
\nRev. William H. Lamar IV is pastor of Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington\, DC. Ord ained as an itinerant elder in 2000 at the Florida Annual Conference of th e AME Church\, Lamar has also served congregations in Monticello\, Florida \; Orlando\, Florida\; Jacksonville\, Florida\; and Hyattsville\, Maryland .
\nhttps://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/8512187 URL;VALUE=URI:https://dclibrary.libnet.info/event/8512187 ATTACH:https://static.libnet.info/images/events/dclibrary/rothstein.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR