
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Richard Rothstein)
The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)
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The History of Racism
The author notes in several places that the progressive movement from Woodrow Wilson, an uncompromising believer in segregation and black inferiority, on-down was incredibly racist. He does not note, but could have with profit, that this was closely related to the racism of the progressive run eugenics movement which sought to purify the race. Even today, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg thinks it is good to encourage the killing of black people so there won't be so many of them.
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