when: Thursday, march 28, 2024, 5:00pm-8:00pm

where: Lee Auditorium and MACDERMOTT gRAND hALL | mUSEUM

Join Leah and Richard Rothstein for a discussion of their new book Just Action (2023), which explores the racial segregation that characterizes every metropolitan area in the US and bears responsibility for our most serious social and economic problems. But progress on desegregating neighborhoods is hobbled by a national myth that residential segregation is de facto—the result of private discrimination or personal choices that do not violate constitutional rights. Building on the work of The Color of Law (2017), a groundbreaking work exposing the racially explicit and unconstitutional government policy that is the foundation of contemporary residential segregation, Just Action describes how we can build a national movement that can remedy our unconstitutional racial landscape, starting with achievable local victories. Copies of both books will be available for purchase in our new shop, Sold on St. Louis. Richard Rothstein will be joining this conversation virtually; Leah Rothstein will be presenting in person at the Museum and will sign books after the discussion.

Come back for more! Thursday Nights at the Museum are sometimes the most fun, sometimes the most thought-provoking, and always the most interesting night of your week. The museum exhibits are open late, and you’ll enjoy cash bar and food for purchase, pop-up activities, concerts, lectures, and more.

ASL interpretation is available for programs with two weeks’ advance notice. Please email access@mohistory.org to request ASL interpretation or with other accessibility questions.

This is event is sponsored by The Missouri Historical Society and supported in part by Washington University in St. Louis Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity and is presented in collaboration with Rolla Renters Association. African American History Initiative (AAHI) programming is presented by Wells Fargo.