Richard Rothstein and daughter co-author new guidebook for eradicating systemic segregated housing

In this Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016, file photo, town homes stand under construction as a pedestrian walks along the BeltLine in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Six years ago, Richard Rothstein wrote “The Color of Law,” which exposed how the federal government created housing segregation in the United States.

Rothstein, a veteran journalist and historian, and his daughter, housing policy expert Leah Rothstein, recently penned a follow-up book, “Just Action.”

We are convinced there is no national will to address the inequality that racial segregation has created on a federal level,” Richard.