JUST ACTION

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In the six years since its initial publication, The Color of Law, ''the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforc ed neighborhood segregation'' (William Julius Wilson), has become a landmark work, which--through its nearly one million copies sold--has helped 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 write Just Action, a blueprint for concerned citizens and community leaders. This book describes dozens of activities that readers and supporters can undertake in their own communities to make their commitment real, producing victories that might finally challenge residential segregation and help remedy America's profoundly Show more