The Color of Money: This book taught me, educated me, upset me and exposed me to so much! I love this book and what it did for me...what it does for us, for society. It exposes us to the real and honest implications of Jim Crow era laws that discriminated against, wore down and separated people by skin tone. The author did a phenomenal job of taking a complex problem, summarizing it, simplifying the laws and implications and then providing a road map for change.

It breaks down the policy and laws around money in the black and brown communities. Explains why banking black was/is so difficult, black Wall Street (there was more than one), housing policies, loans, etc. This book reads like a textbook so be prepared for lots of data, but even more prepared to be informed.