For her work in progress on family properties, satter. It is, by far, the best book ive ever read on the relationship between blacks and jews. It took historian beryl satter a full decade to write family properties. Aug 11, 2009 beryl satter, chair of the history department at rutgers universitynewark, recounts segregated, post wwii chicago. Satter lost more cases than he won, and his obsessive work took a toll. Family properties by beryl satter tells the story of. Beryl satters family properties is really an incredible book. Historians nathan connolly and beryl satter interviewed on. Beryl satter is professor of history at rutgers university in newark.
Race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america this is one terrific book focused, hardhitting and extremely readable. She was raised in chicago, skokie, and evanston, illinois, and is a graduate of the harvard divinity school and the yale american studies program. Apr 05, 2010 associate professor beryl satter was recognized for family properties. All history is personal, according to conventional wisdom but for dr. Her father was a civilrights attorney who represented many black families against exploitative realestate contracts in the 1950s and 60s. Race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america was written by beryl satter, the daughter of a liberal jewish lawyer who had dedicated his career to representing poor black folks being ripped off by a rigged housing market which favored whites while discriminating against blacks. Part family story and part urban history, a landmark investigation of segregation and urban decay in chicago and citi. Apr 30, 2009 it took historian beryl satter a full decade to write family properties.
How the struggle over race and real estate transformed chicago and urban america. You ought to peek at yahoos front page and see how they write news titles to grab viewers to open the links. Mar 22, 2009 beryl satter, the chairwoman of the history department at rutgers university in newark and the proud daughter of one of the central characters in family properties, has taken the hard road. Race, real estate, and the exploitation of black america beryl satter, author.
American women, sexual purity, and the new thought movement, 18751920 university of california, 1999. David garrow, the washington post beryl satter has taken the hard road to glory in her study of race and housing discrimination in chicago during the 1950s and 60s. Beryl satter brings chicagos west side to life in this vivid history of a neighborhood fighting for survival. Beryl satter, some history is more personal than others. A graduate of the harvard divinity school and the yale american studies program, she is the author of each mind a kingdom and the chair of the department of history at rutgers university in newark. Satter s book breathes more, and connects all of that policy to actual people in north lawndale.
On not getting by in america, beryl satter, citysquare, daniel e. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Each mind a kingdom is a history of new thought, a protonew age healing faith and an analysis of the reasons for its embrace by late 19th century womens rights activists and progressive. Family properties was the product of my curiosity about my father, attorney mark j. Beryl satter s family properties is really an incredible book. Satter, who died in 1965, when i was six years old. Beryl satters family properties a finalist for 2010 lukas. Family properties ebook by beryl satter rakuten kobo. Analysis of beryl satter s family properties 923 words. Family properties won the organization of american historians liberty legacy award for best work in civil rights history, and the jewish book councils national jewish book award in history. Race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america metropolitan books, 2009. This section argues that the white population of chicago took part in restrictive covenants or legally binding contracts that prevented the sale of properties to colored people in an effort to confine chicagos colored.
Family properties by beryl satter overdrive rakuten. Satter, who fought for black families suffering under the ruthless and oftentimes racist conditions that pervaded chicagos real estate market. Family properties race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america by beryl satter daniel hills blog is a little boring. Beryl satter, author info, published books, bio, photo, video. Family properties race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america paperback. Race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america, historian beryl satter puts a human face on the often told story of racial discrimination in urban housing by following the career of her father, chicago attorney mark j.
How the struggle over race and real estate transformed chicago and urban america, paperback by satter, beryl, isbn 0805091424, isbn 9780805091427, brand new, free shipping in the us an investigation into practices of segregation and urban decay in postwar chicago and other major american cities reveals how legal and financial exploitation, more than race pathology and. My chicago research culminated in my book family properties. Part family story and part urban history, a landmark investigation of segregation and urban decay in chicagoand cities across the nation the promised land for thousands of southern blacks, postwar chicago quickly became the most segregated city in the north, the site of the nations. Thats because it hones in on the relationship between one specific black community and one specific jewish community and thus revels in the particular humanity of all its actors. Satter was born on 14 january 1959 as the daughter of civil rights lawyer mark j.
Race real estate and the exploitation of black urban america, poverty, racism, social justice, the working poor, urban engagement book club on june 7, 2012 by randy. In the first and better half of the book, satter lays out, by following the career of her father, crusading chicago lawyer mark satter. Beryl satter, the chairwoman of the history department at rutgers university in newark and the proud daughter of one of the central characters in family properties, has taken the hard road to glory in her study of race and housing discrimination in chicago during the 1950s and 60s. Family properties, by beryl satter the perfect compliment to hirsch. American women, sexual purity, and the new thought movement, 18751920, 1999 views this issue through the personal lens of family history.
Beryl satter is the author of each mind a kingdom and the chair of the department of history at rutgers university in newark. Beryl satter has taken the hard road to glory in her study of race and housing discrimination in chicago during the 1950s and 60s. Satter, who was both an ardent defender of his mostly black clients who had. Beryl satter author of family properties goodreads. This essay will explicate a section of beryl satters book family properties. Race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america metropolitan books, 2009, won the liberty legacy award in civil rights history and the national jewish book award in history, and was a finalist for the j. Family properties paperback chicago public library. Race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america is a monumental work of history, this tale of racism and real estate, politics and finance, will forever change our understanding of the forces that transformed urban america.
Beryl satter s family properties a finalist for 2010 lukas book award for exceptional nonfiction family properties chronicles one mans battle against racist financial practices in the 1950s. The author profiles the cities africanamerican population and a dual housing. Race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america published last month by metropolitan books, but if she had. Race, real estate and the exploitation of black urban america metropolitan, a carefully researched, searing study of massive financial discrimination and its decadeslong repercussions. For her work in progress on family properties, satter received a j.
Beryl satter was raised in chicago, skokie, and evanston, illinois. Anthony lukas book prize and the ron ridenhouer book prize. Race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america published last month by metropolitan books. The author profiles the cities africanamerican population and a. Beryl satter, chair of the history department at rutgers universitynewark, recounts segregated, post wwii chicago. Beryl satter talked about her book family properties. Race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america metropolitan books. Family properties is simply one of the finest books ive ever read on the overt and structural racism that undermined the dreams of african americans to own homes. Mar 18, 2009 beryl satter combines family history and painstaking research into a panoramic account of the chicago realestate wars during a period when the city was the most segregated in the north. Family properties is a superbly revealing and often gripping book.
Mar 17, 2009 beryl satter s family properties is really an incredible book. Beryl satter she was raised in chicago, skokie, and evanston, illinois, and is a graduate of the harvard divinity school and the yale american studies program. Family properties race real estate and the exploitation of. I was privileged to be briefly involved, and im so glad to see family properties, after all these years, that i could hoot with joy, and then weep. He died of heart failure at 49, when his daughter, beryl, was 6. Read family properties race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america by beryl satter available from rakuten kobo. Race, real estate, and the exploitation of black urban america by beryl satter. Hailing from same area of chicagos west side as my family, satter helped answer for me why my community of west garfield park flipped seemingly overnight from white to black. Satter, who was both an ardent defender of his mostly black clients who had been. Her book chronicles her late fathers battles against discriminatory and predatory lending practices a halfcentury ago when mark j. Mar 02, 2010 beryl satter was raised in chicago, skokie, and evanston, illinois. In 1965, her father died of heart failure when she was just six years old.
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