Signs separating African Americans from whites were a common sight throughout the Jim Crow era.

This Web site was originally created in support of the PBS series THE RISE AND FALL OF JIM CROW, produced by Thirteen/WNET New York and sponsored by the New York Life Insurance Company. The series aired in 2002.

The series won a Peabody Award and was widely praised by television critics and historians.

To order the tapes for educational use, please contact California Newsreel: 877-811-7495.

A new educator's site also sponsored by New York Life is now online. THE HISTORY OF THE SUPREME COURT site can be found at www.historyofsupremecourt.org. Created by a collaboration of classroom teachers, historians, and legal scholars, the site presents the history of America's highest court within a series of broad themes drawn from the social studies curriculum. Examples include 'The Court and Gender', 'The Court and Young People', and 'The Court Today', which tracks the present changing Court in real time and focuses on the issues now under consideration.

The series will air during the 2006-2007 broadcast season.

Explore the site at www.historyofsupremecourt.org.