Community Event
The Color of Law: Session 4
Thursday, February 4, 2021 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
The City of Columbia and local partners are working together to host four virtual sessions on the book The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.
The purpose of these sessions is to explore the concepts presented in the book, to understand their role in shaping Columbia, and to explore ways that we can address the effects of past policies to create a more equitable community.
The fourth session's discussion will be centered around where do we go from here with innovative solutions from today’s mayors.
WIS News 10's Judi Gatson is serving as moderator, and Session 4 panelists include:
- Mayor Steve Benjamin, Columbia (SC)
- Mayor Vi Lyles, Charlotte (NC)
- Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, Jackson (MS)
To register for this online program, please visit Historic Columbia's website, here.
*Additional details for this session will be provided closer to the date.
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In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, 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.
Want to read along? Copies are available in book, eBook and eAudiobook formats.
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If you missed or would like to revisit any community discussion around "The Color of Law," be sure to check out:
Partners for the four-part discussion include:
Richland Library; Historic Columbia; Columbia SC 63; Center for Civil Rights History and Research; African American Studies Program at The University of South Carolina; and the Institute for African American Research at the University of South Carolina.