Special Talk and Book Signing with Richard Rothstein

Please join the School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies and the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy for a special talk and book signing by Richard Rothstein, author of "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America."

Event Schedule:

6:00 p.m.
Doors Open

6:30 p.m.
Talk by Richard Rothstein

7:30 p.m.
Book Signing

Richard Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute and a fellow of the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and of the Haas Institute at the University of California (Berkeley).

He is the author of "The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America." The book expands upon and provides a national perspective on his recent work that has documented the history of state-sponsored residential segregation, as in his report, "The Making of Ferguson." He is the author of "Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right" (2008) and "Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap" (2004). He is also the author of "The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America’s Student Achievement" (1998).

Other recent books include "The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement" (co-authored in 2005); and "All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different?" (co-authored in 2003).

Lorena Cabrera

School of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies

480-965-5775

Lorena.Cabrera@asu.edu