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2017 selection · Nonfiction
The Color Of Law: A Forgotten History Of How Our Government Segregated America
The Color Of Law: A Forgotten History Of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein appears in NPR’s 2017 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, eye-opening reads, for history lovers, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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