The Color of Law Book Club

Professor Christopher Tyson, recipient of LSU's Brij Mohan Distinguished Professor Award will  host a book club for The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein. The book club will be held over three sessions - Friday, February 16 and 23, and March 2 from 6-8 p.m. in the Judge Ralph E. Tyson Room at the LSU Law Center. Dinner will be provided.

Please RSVP here: https://www.law.lsu.edu/forms/brij-mohan/

From Professor Tyson:

While I appreciate everyone's interest, I hope those who sign up will commit to all 3 sessions. Taking time to read the book in advance of each session is key to having an informed and productive dialogue.

In this book, Rothstein explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation--that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation--the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments--that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day.