In the Kate Gleason Auditorium of the Bausch and Lomb Library Building, Edward J. Doherty will review The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein.

"Basedon careful analyses of multiple historical documents, Rothstein has presented what I consider to be the most forceful argument ever published on sending how federal, state and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation." – William Julius Wilson, author, of The Truly Disadvantaged

[source: Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library brochure, 2020-Mar-2]