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Author and researcher Richard Rothstein presents on the policies that led to racial segregation in American communities, and what can be done to reverse these practices and work towards racial equity.

(This program originally aired over Zoom on October 13, 2021.)

Richard 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. He is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.

This program was co-sponsored by the following libraries:

Algonquin Area Public Library District
Arlington Heights Memorial Library
Aurora Public Library
Bloomingdale Public Library
Blue Island Public Library
Calumet City Public Library
Chillicothe Public Library District
College of DuPage Library
DeKalb Public Library
Des Plaines Public Library
Downers Grove Public Library
Eisenhower Public Library
Elmhurst Public Library
Elmwood Park Public Library
Forest Park Public Library
Fox River Valley Libraries
Freeport Public Library
Glencoe Public Library
Glenview Public Library
Grayslake Area Public Library
Highland Park Public Library
Hinsdale Public Library
Homer Township Public Library
Indian Prairie Public Library
Indian Trails Public Library
Joliet Public Library
Kankakee Public Library
Lake Bluff Public Library
Lake Forest Library
Lake Villa District Library
Lincolnwood Public Library
Morton Grove Public Library
Mount Prospect Public Library
Normal Public Library
Northbrook Public Library
Oakton Community College Library
Oswego Public Library District
Palatine Public Library District
Park Forest Public Library
Park Ridge Public Library
Peoria Public Library
River Forest Public Library
Roselle Public Library District
Skokie Public Library
St. Charles Public Library
Town & Country Public Library
Vernon Area Public Library District
Wheaton Public Library
Wilmette Public Library

And in partnership with: Racial Awareness in the North Shore (RAIN): https://www.rain.community/

Together is Better Alliance (TiBA): https://www.togetherisbetteralliance.org/