Destin Jenkins is the Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of History at the University of Chicago. His research centers on the linkages between racial capitalism, inequality, and the built environment in 20th-century America.
Destin Jenkins
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Who Segregated America?
Which mortgage banks, nonprofit trade organizations, and insurance companies demonstrably profited from segregating America?
Solidarity Is a Process: Talking with Kelly Lytle Hernandez, Josh Kun, and Destin Jenkins
“Solidarity is not a thing. There’s no formula, no exact science. There is ongoing process.”[none-for-homepage]
Public Thinker: Thomas J. Sugrue on History’s Hard Lessons
From producing towering classics in the field of urban history to penning …
Who Segregated America?
Recently long-listed for the National Book Award for nonfiction, Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law is an accessible and powerful account of how metropolitan America became racially segregated …
Who Segregated America?
Recently long-listed for the National Book Award for nonfiction, Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law is an accessible and powerful account of how metropolitan America became racially segregated …
