Deborah Archer, Fellow, is releasing a book titled Dividing Lines: How Transportation Infrastructure Reinforces Racial Inequality on April 15th. The book will be published by W. W. Norton and focuses on how transportation infrastructure became a means of protecting segregation and inequality after the fall of Jim Crow.
Archer presents a national account, using cities like Atlanta, Houston, Indianapolis, and New York City to illustrate the role race has played in transportation infrastructure, from the early twentieth century and into the present day.
Archer is currently the Associate Dean for Experiential Education and Clinical Programs, the Margaret B. Hoppin Professor of Clinical Law, and Faculty Director of the Community Equity Initiative at New York University. In addition, she is also the President of American Civil Liberties Union. When she was elected President of the ACLU in 2021, she became the first African American to hold the position in the organization’s history.
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