by lindaoppenheim | Feb 28, 2019 | Article
Tom Jackman’s article describes the efforts of Hightstown, NJ high school students to get the federal government to release information about 128 “cold” cases of lynchings of black Southerners in the decades after World War II . “Hightstown...
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 16, 2018 | Conference, Events
On Wednesday, May 16, 2018, Monarch Housing Associates in partnership with Seton Hall University Law School, the Anti-Poverty Network of NJ, and NJ Institute for Social Justice will host a Public Policy Forum on The Color of Law. For more information click here....
by lindaoppenheim | Apr 11, 2018 | Podcast, Video
Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch reviews the history of government policies that created and reinforced segregation. The Fair Housing Act was an attempt to correct the situation that failed time and time again. To watch the 6 1/2 minute video “Housing...
by lindaoppenheim | May 3, 2017 | interview
Terry Gross interviews Richard Rothstein, whose new book, The Color of Law, examines the local, state and federal housing policies that mandated segregation.
by lindaoppenheim | Aug 25, 2016 | Article
Published originally for Black History Month, this article by Gina Vargas describes the African-American experience at Arlington Hall Station (AHS), the predecessor to the National Security Agency. She draws her information from the book The Invisible Cryptologists:...
