Housing Discrimination/Segregation
![The Color of Law: a forgotten history of how our government segregated America](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/color-of-law-e1634333053379.jpg)
Title: The Color of Law: a forgotten history of how our government segregated America
By: Richard Rothstein
Published: 2017
This history exposes how federal, state and local governments deliberately and systematically imposed racial segregation on residential neighborhoods across the country.
![Race for Profit: how banks and the real estate industry undermined Black homeownership](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Race-for-Profit-e1634333370803.jpg)
Title: Race for Profit: how banks and the real estate industry undermined Black homeownership
By: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Published: 2019
Race for Profit uncovers how exploitative real estate practices continued well after housing discrimination was banned and new policies meant to encourage low-income homeownership created new methods to exploit Black homeowners.
![The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration](https://www.epl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/warmth-e1634333625131.png)
Title: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
By: Isabel Wilkerson
Published: 2010
This fascinating account shows how freedom was an illusion for African Americans during the Great Migration and how they could not escape housing segregation.