As Long As They Don't Move Next Door

"Despite the commonly held perception that most Northern citizens embraced racial equality, As Long As They Don't Move Next Door demonstrates the variety of methods - including violence and intimidation, unjust laws, restrictive covenants, discrimination by realtors and mortgage lenders, and white flight to suburban enclaves - used by whites to thwart the racial integration of their neighborhoods. Author Stephen Grant Meyer offers the first full-length national history of American race relations examined through the lens of housing discrimination. This is important reading for anyone interested in African American history."--BOOK JACKET.