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In "West of Jim Crow", Professor Lynn M. Hudson details the lives of Black folk in the Golden State of California from the Great Migration to the post Jim Crow era. Addressing both the horrific acts of racial injustice as well as the brave acts of resistance by Black folk throughout the years, Hudson shows that indeed the only difference between Pasadena and Mississippi is the spelling. I could not help but be moved by the ways large and small that Black folk resisted white supremacy. Whether it was bringing national attention to the tragedy and prevalence of lynching to fighting for civil rights in court, Black folk have remarkable stories of resistance that can be a light to modern activists and organizers. Indeed in a time of national reckoning of racial justice, in a time when the President of the United States bans anti-racism trainings at the federal level, Hudson's West of Jim Crow is more important than ever before. A thorough and overall enjoyable read!