Civil Rights in the US always seems like a classic example of the dialectic between law and culture. Legal changes, formally on the books and also supported in practice, were absolutely necessary to prompt social change. But social norms and individual attitudes also had to change, and it’s interesting to think about how the new laws and changing social norms both influenced each other.

Here is a recent episode from BackStory, which is a great history podcast produced right here at UVA and the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.