RESIDENTIAL APARTHEID: THE AMERICAN LEGACY is a collection of papers commissioned by the United Church of Christ's Commission for Racial Justice to examine fair housing issues & today's urban crisis. Leading experts in the field of urban affairs tackle such subjects as institutional racism; the effects of race & class on residential segregation; discrimination in housing & neighborhoods; the fair housing movement & fair housing laws; discriminatory mortgage lending practices; redlining in Los Angeles; the hypersegregation of African Americans; Latinos' settlement patterns in Houston; governmental policies & their impact on segregation; race & housing in a "New South" city; the role of immigration on housing patterns; & housing mobility & residential quality; & strategies for rebuilding livable cities.