HIST 209 - Civil Rights in the United States

Cross-Listed as AMST 209

The course examines the post-World War II Civil Rights Movement led by African Americans in the United States. In the class, students will analyze key people, issues, events, and debates within movement history, including, but not limited to, gender and leadership; struggles for civil rights in the south, west, and urban north; the impact of the Cold War on race relations; student activism; movement strategies; and the emergence of Black Power. Throughout the semester, students will read a wide variety of primary and secondary texts to illuminate the activities and life stories of individual participants as well as the broad historical forces that characterized this long era of insurgency. Can count towards “Gender,” or “Race and Indigeneity,” or “Law and Social Justice,” or “North America” fields. Every year. (4 Credits)