Dividing Lines
From an eminent legal scholar and the president of the ACLU, an essential account of how transportation infrastructure―from highways and...
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Mark Taper Auditorium - Central Library
630 W 5th St, Los Angeles, CA 90071 Los Angeles, CA 90071Refund Policy
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Thursday, May 8 at 7:00PM
Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality
ACLU President Deborah N. Archer
In conversation with Helen Jones
From an eminent legal scholar and the president of the ACLU, an essential account of how transportation infrastructure―from highways and roads to sidewalks and buses―became a means of protecting segregation and inequality after the fall of Jim Crow. Archer will be in conversation with civil rights activist and founder of Headhigh Entertainment Helen Jones.
Our nation’s transportation system is crumbling highways are collapsing, roads are pockmarked, and commuter trains are unreliable. But as acclaimed scholar and ACLU president Deborah N. Archer warns in Dividing Lines, before we can think about rebuilding and repairing, we must consider the role race has played in transportation infrastructure, from the early twentieth century and into the present day.
Drawing on a wealth of sources, including interviews with people who now live in the shadow of highways and other major infrastructure projects, Archer presents a sweeping, national account―from Atlanta, and Houston to Indianapolis and New York City―of our persistent divisions. With immense authority, she examines the limits of current Civil Rights laws, which can be used against overtly racist officials but are less effective in addressing deeper, more enduring, structural challenges. But Archer remains hopeful, and in the final count describes what a just system would look like and how we can achieve it.
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