Ask anybody to list some of the key locations of the struggle for civil rights in America, and they'll generally tick off a list of Southern cities: Birmingham, Selma, Little Rock.
Federal action and legislation finally lifted the Jim Crow segregation laws in The South, but The North was no paradise for African-Americans.
Bigotry and deep-seated racism are brought to light in historian Jason Sokol's book All Eyes Are Upon Us: Race and Politics from Boston to Brooklyn.
Sokol joins us with his findings.
