Introduction: Gettysburg 1964 -- Progressive reformers of real estate -- The public power of a private club -- It's the restrictions on your neighbors which count -- Implementing racial exclusion -- Undesirable human elements -- Shaping federal housing programs -- Reconciling the war against Hitler with a new racial entitlement -- Defending racial covenants -- Recommitting to segregation after Shelley -- Using freedom of association to intensify segregation -- The idea of a national conservative party -- Struggling for an ideology to defend against fair housing -- Creating a standardized ideology of freedom -- A constitutional amendment to permanently protect discrimination -- Racial moderation to continue segregation -- Redefining freedom and America's founding -- A battle between two visions of freedom -- Reagan and the realtors -- Realtor victories against fair housing -- To defeat the realtors -- An ideology of freedom for a national conservative party -- The continuation of residential segregation -- A legacy for civil rights -- Who is entitled to American freedom

"Freedom to Discriminate uncovers realtors' definitive role in segregating America and shaping modern conservative thought"--