Stephen Grant Meyer received his Ph.D from the University of Alabama and is currently a writer, historian, and teacher living in Statesville, North Carolina.
Stephen Meyer skewers the smug assumptions of Northerners who
believe that racism was primarily a Southern problem. A significant
contribution to the literature of civil rights and public policy,
As Long As They Don't Move Next Door will also help inform the
debate over affirmative action.
*The Instrumentalist*
[Meyer's] descriptions of civil rights strategies, political
pressures, and efforts to legally disrupt de facto segregation at
federal, state, and local levels provide fascinating insights into
how political systems and regional societies function. From
California to New England, from the deep South to the Midwest, he
documents the reluctance of Americans to sacrifice control of their
property for the ideals of democracy. Meyer offers a fresh look at
the development of the Civil Rights Movement and at the legislative
and judicial ancestry and progrency of the Civil Rights Act of
1968. With statistical appendixes and thorough footnotes he has
given students of the role of realty in the Civil Rights Movement
an excellent starting point.
*CHOICE*
As Long As They Don't Move Next Door is an exhaustive look at
segregation in American housing . . . rife with chilling stories.
There is no denying the jolt you get when you read how desperately
segregated housing remains in this country.
*St. Petersburg Times*
W.E.B. Du Bois observed that the problem of the twentieth century
was 'the problem of the color line.' Stephen Meyer brilliantly
interprets the social dynamics of the color line in the residential
patterns of urban America. As Long As They Don't Move Next Door
analyzes the historical evolution of urban segregation, and
explains how and why the battle for equality has yet to be won.
*Manning Marable, M. Moran Weston/Black Alumni Council Professor of
African-American Studies, Columbia University*
A well-written and exhaustively documented narrative. . . . Meyer's
work is a thoroughly researched examination of a timely issue. Its
unique scope makes it necessary reading for anyone interested in
civil rights and race relations.
*Reviews in American History*
This is a provocative and disturbing book that should be read by
all those concerned about the tortured history of racism in the
United States. Stephen Meyer cogently explains why fair housing for
African
Americans is still the last frontier for achieving racial equality
and
is likely to remain so for a long time to come.
*Steven Lawson, Rutgers University and co-author of Debating the
Civil Rights Movement*
Backed by far ranging research, this perceptive study shines a
penetrating spotlight on the role that housing discrimination has
played, and continues to play, in promoting racial inequality.
*Emerge*
Meyer has made a compelling case for the importance of evaluating
race relations through an examination of residential housing. Based
on his extensive research in government documents, manuscripts,
newspapers, and other relevant sources, his work is useful not only
in providing studies of residential segregation in cities such as
Chicago, Los Angeles, and Detroit, but also in tracing the legal
and constitutional history of fair housing.
*North Carolina Historical Review*
Stephen Grant Meyer offers a broad overview of the remarkable
persistence of racially segregated neigbourhoods throughout the
United States. In a single volume, Meyer sweeps across time and
place, illuminating the protracted struggle between black and white
Americans over access to residential space.
*Journal of Southern History*
By focusing on turbulent, race-driven housing struggles in selected
cities, Meyer has unveiled the depth and extent of white resistance
and provides fresh insight into what Douglas S. Massey and Nancy A.
Denton have called 'American apartheid.'
*Journal of American History*
The book is insightful and makes a strong statement for the
importance of race in urban housing.
*Urban Studies*
This book is a well-written, concise history of the conflict
between blacks and whites in American cities.
*The Historian*
In addition to its focus on an important topic, the book is lucidly
written and impressively researched. It presents a clear and
coherent argument that applies historical analysis to a significant
contemporary issue. For these reasons, the book is likely to become
a standard on many undergraduate and graduate reading lists.
*Journal of Social History*
Meyer's work adds much to our understanding of the geographical
expression of racial division in the United States.
*American Historical Review*
As Long as They Don't Move Next Door provides a new and more
meaningful perspective on the nature of prejudice and intolerance
with particular regard to housing. This book is well documented and
has an extensive and useful bibliography.
*Race Relations Abstracts*
An excellent examination of the shadow that hovers over efforts to
obliterate racial discrimination: residential racial segregation.
Meyer's deep historical analysis can be of value to scholars
interested in urban politics, the politics of race in America, and
to scholars of governmental institutions.
*Jason McDaniel, University of Southern California*
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