Please go here to access Mr. Wood’s podcasts on the Civil Rights Movement.
- Jim Crow Laws in the Southern United States
- Go here to watch the Rise and Fall of Jim Crow – Introduction to the documentary by California News Reel.
- Go here to find a list of Jim Crow laws legally enforced throughout the southern United States
1954 – Brown vs Board of Education
The Supreme Court Decision Brown vs Board of Education (1954) served as the launching pad for the American Civil Rights Movement. It is the first time, on a nationwide scale, that the United States Federal government landed fully on the side of civil rights for black Americans.
