Examines the history of the Jim Crow laws that allowed the segregation of whites and African-Americans, discusses challenges to the laws, and looks at how things changed when the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public education in 1954 in the case of "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas." .
Content Note
Jim Crow -- The NAACP challenges segregation -- The NAACP's case against segregation -- The case for the states -- Rearguments and a decision -- Implementation and impact.