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Collection Close-up: The Color of Law: a Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein [print | ebook | e-audiobook] 
Widely heralded as a “masterful” (Washington Post) and “essential” (Slate) history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law offers “the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation” (William Julius Wilson). Exploding the myth of de facto segregation arising from private prejudice or the unintended consequences of economic forces, Rothstein describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation: with undisguised racial zoning; public housing that purposefully segregated previously mixed communities; subsidies for builders to create whites-only suburbs; tax exemptions for institutions that enforced segregation; and support for violent resistance to African Americans in white neighborhoods. A groundbreaking, “virtually indispensable” study that has already transformed our understanding of twentieth-century urban history (Chicago Daily Observer), The Color of Law forces us to face the obligation to remedy our unconstitutional past
Transportation Research Record
TRB’s journal Transportation Research Record is now published in digital-only format. Full text is available to MnDOT employees. Check out new articles or sign up for an alert at Transportation Research Record.
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AIRPORTS
Total rewards for airport sponsor employees
ACRP 141
AUTOMATIC DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS
Future of weigh tickets
TE275 .S25 2025
AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EDUCATION
Evaluating and delivering Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) education: a guide
BTSCRP 18
BRIDGE MAINTENANCE
Strategies for Deterring Bats from Transportation Infrastructure
NCHRP 1166
COMMUNICATION
Crucial accountability: tools for resolving violated expectations, broken commitments, and bad behavior
HM1121 .C78 2013
COMPLETE STREETS
Funding for maintenance of complete streets
NCHRP SYN 655
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
Mental health, suicide prevention, and addiction mitigation in construction and maintenance
NCHRP SYN 658
DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES
ACDBE and airport DBE programs
TRB ACRP 276
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
EV charging best practices
TL220 .A46 2025
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
The business case for knowledge management: a guide
NCHRP 1164
MARKETING
Building a storybrand 2.0: clarify your message so customers will listen
HF5415.1255 .M55 2025
MINNESOTA DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION
2026 Report on the cost participation policy update
2026 Report on the electric-assisted bicycle youth operation study
Electric vehicle infrastructure program report 2024-2025
2025 report on the life-cycle cost analyses (LCCA)
Minnesota Governor's Advisory Council on Connected & Automated Vehicles 2025 annual report.
Governor's Council on Freight Rail 2026 annual report
PAVEMENTS
Underseals
TE270 .M37 2025
POTHOLES
Asphalt patching
TE220 .S25 2025
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Alternative project delivery methods: assessing and allocating risk to increase competition
NCHRP 1160
RAILROADS
Assessing safety effectiveness of treatments and technologies at highway-rail grade crossings
NCHRP 1163
RACISM
The color of law: a forgotten history of how our government segregated America
E185.61 .R68 2017
RUNOFF
State DOT training programs used to comply with NPDES stormwater permit requirements
NCHRP SYN 660
STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION
Advancing the art and science of decision-making: a guide
NCHRP 1162
TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS
Automated traffic signal performance measures: management, operation, and maintenance
NCHRP SYN 659
New ebooks in the cloudLibrary platform
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The Color of Law: a Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America [e-book | e-audiobook]
Crucial accountability: tools for resolving violated expectations, broken commitments, and bad behavior [e-book]
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