Beryl Satter

American historian

Beryl Satter
Born	(1959-01-14) January 14, 1959 (age 65)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University

Beryl Satter (born January 14, 1959) is an American historian and a professor of history at Rutgers University.^[1]

Life

Satter was born on January 14, 1959 as the daughter of civil rights lawyer Mark J. Satter, who fought for black families suffering under the ruthless and oftentimes racist conditions that pervaded Chicago's real estate market.^[2] In 1965, her father died of heart failure when she was just six years old.^[2]

Career

Satter graduated from Yale University in 1992.^[1] She is currently a professor of history at Rutgers University.^[1]

The books she has authored focus mostly on the history of the city of Chicago.^[3] In particular, they have examined the history of race relations in Chicago, including their connection with the local real estate market, which at times was among the most segregated in the nation.^[4] Her work served as the basis for Ta-Nehisi Coates's award-winning 2014 article "The Case for Reparations".^[1]

Distinctions

Satter became a Guggenheim Fellow in 2015.^[5]

Bibliography

Some of her books are:^[6]

Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America
Each Mind a Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875-1920

Awards

2009: National Jewish Book Award in the History category for Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Profile: Beryl Satter". Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b Garner, Dwight (17 March 2009). "In Chicago, Real Estate and Race as a Volatile Mix". The New York Times.
^ "Family Properties | Beryl Satter | Macmillan". us.macmillan.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16.
^ "The Ghetto is Public Policy". 19 March 2013.
^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Beryl Satter".
^ "Beryl Satter".
^ "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Archived from the original on 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-01-21.