# Richard Rothstein **URL:** --- Richard Rothstein is a Distinguished Fellow of the Economic Policy Institute and a Senior Fellow, emeritus, at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and of the Haas Institute at the University of California (Berkeley). He is the author of [_The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How our Government Segregated America_](https://www.epi.org/publication/the-color-of-law-a-forgotten-history-of-how-our-government-segregated-america/), available from [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Color-Law-Forgotten-Government-Segregated/dp/1631492853/), [Barnes and Noble](http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-color-of-law-richard-rothstein/1124822159), and [other booksellers](http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781631492853). The book recovers a forgotten history of how federal, state, and local policy explicitly segregated metropolitan areas nationwide, creating racially homogenous neighborhoods in patterns that violate the Constitution and require remediation. He is also the author of [_Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right _](https://www.epi.org/publication/books_grading_education/)(2008); [_Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic and Educational Reform to Close the Black–White Achievement Gap_](https://www.epi.org/publication/books_class_and_schools/) (2004); and [_The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America’s Student Achievement _](https://www.epi.org/publication/books_way_we_were/)(1998). Other recent books include [_The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement_](https://www.epi.org/publication/book_charter_school/) (co-authored in 2005); and [_All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different?_](https://www.epi.org/publication/books_privatepublic/) (co-authored in 2003). He welcomes comments at [riroth@epi.org](mailto:riroth@epi.org).