The Color of Law

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Hear the searing perspective of Richard Rothstein, national expert on government-sponsored racial segregation.

---This event will also be live streamed to YouTube. More information will be available soon at hennepinhistory.org---

In this online event for Twin Cities residents, Richard Rothstein will discuss his critically acclaimed book <a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America</a>, a groundbreaking account of how federal, state and local policy explicitly segregated metropolitan areas nationwide. Rothstein shows that these policies created racially homogenous neighborhoods in patterns that violate the Constitution and require remediation. In exposing institutional racism, he answers an important question—how did we arrive here?—and raises another one—how do we move forward?The presentation will be followed by Q&amp;A.

<h2>About the speaker</h2>Rothstein is a distinguished fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a senior fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In addition to his most recent book, Rothstein is the author of many other articles and books on race and education, including Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap and Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right. He also was the national education columnist for the New York Times for several years.

<h2>Hosts and sponsors</h2>This event is hosted by Hennepin History Museum, Plymouth Congregational Church, Alliance Housing Incorporated, and Align Minneapolis. It is sponsored by the Minneapolis Foundation and the Pohlad Family Foundation.

<h2>Related event</h2>This event is part of a two-part series on the history of racism and housing in the Twin Cities.

POSTPONED - Join us April 15th at 7 p.m. for <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/looking-back-to-move-forward-the-housing-crisis-tickets-145300839723" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Looking Back to Move Forward: The Housing Crisis</a>, a panel conversation among local public historians and housing justice practitioners, moderated by Chanda Smith Baker, Chief Impact Officer and Senior Vice President at the Minneapolis Foundation.

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