May 11: Luncheon and Speaker on Segregated America
League of Women Voters of Piedmont
Annual Meeting Featuring Guest Speaker
Richard Rothstein
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of
How Our Government Segregated America
Friday, May 11, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Piedmont Veterans Memorial Building
401 Highland Ave, Piedmont
Richard Rothstein is guest speaker at the League of Women Voters of Piedmont Annual Meeting on May 11, 2018. 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.
Rothstein’s latest book, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America debunks the myths that surround racial segregation in America’s cities. The book documents the evidence that our government not merely ignored discriminatory practices in the residential sphere, but promoted them. The impact has been devastating for generations of African-Americans who were denied the right to live where they wanted to live and school their children where they could flourish most successfully. The Color of Law is a Publisher’s Weekly Top 10 Best Books of 2017 and has been featured on NPR’s Fresh Air and in The New York Times.
The speaker & lunch is $25 in advance or $30 at the door. To reserve your spot, visit LWVPiedmont.org (credit card, debit card & Pay Pal accepted,) or send a check payable to LWVP to Ward Lindenmayer, 40 Highland Avenue, Piedmont, CA 94611.
There is no fee for the speaker portion of the program. Lunch follows the speaker at 12:00pm. Please reserve your spot by May 4, 2018.
