Examines the legal history of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, focusing on the strategies developed by the NAACP and other organizations to dismantle Jim Crow segregation through the courts. It also explores the legal claims advanced by individual activists and grassroots protestors,including those engaged in boycotts, sit-ins, and other formsof direct action, and how their encounters with law enforcement shaped constitutional doctrine. By tracing the interplay between courtroom litigation and street-level protest, the course highlights howlegal change emerged from both formal advocacy and everyday acts of resistance.