ABOUT THE AUTHORS

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,” which recovers a forgotten history of how federal, state, and local policy explicitly segregated metropolitan areas nationwide.

Leah Rothstein’s expertise in the full range of housing policy stems from more than two decades as a community and union organizer and a consultant to housing developers, cities and counties, redevelopment agencies, and private firms. She specializes in community development and affordable housing policy, practice, and finance

ABOUT THE BOOK

Residential segregation underlies some of our most serious social problems: racial health disparities, the achievement gap, the wealth gap and more. In his landmark bestseller “The Color of Law,” Richard Rothstein explained the history of how government at all levels created segregation. “But what can we do about it?” readers asked over and over again. He turned to his daughter, housing policy expert Leah Rothstein, to formulate answers in “Just Action," a handbook to dismantling housing-based segregation.

“[This book] defies the darkness of segregation’s legacy by provoking our imaginations and providing examples of efforts that confront its impacts.”— Rev. Natosha Reid Rice, Vice President, Habitat for Humanity International