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HIST238

History of the Southern Civil Rights Movement HIST238 SP

Crosslistings: AFAM238

Section	Class Size	*Available	Times	POI	Prereq
1	30	0	Times: M.W.... 2:40PM-4:00PM;	No	No

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the Blue Add phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Tue Aug 10 05:00:21 EDT 1999 )

The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s was one of the most important events in 20th-century American history. This course explores the history of the movement in the South, focusing particularly on how and why individuals engaged in an often dangerous struggle to claim their legal rights. The course will address at least three main questions. First, how is the movement understood in the context of the longer Black freedom struggle and resistance to segregation in the South? Second, why did the movement take place when it did and why did it take the form that it did? Third, what have the political and cultural legacies of the movement been? We will examine a wide variety of activities that took place within the movement, from student sit-ins, to marches led by Martin Luther King, to community organizing in the delta of Mississippi. While we will use many political documents and oral histories to understand the history of the movement, the course will also incorporate films, music, art, photographs, fiction and sources from the Internet.

MAJOR READINGS

Possible major readings for the class
include:
Julian Bond and Andrew Lewis, GONNA SIT AT THE WELCOME TABLE
Howell Raines, MY SOUL IS RESTED
Martin Luther King, Jr., WHY WE CAN'T WAIT
John Dittmer, LOCAL PEOPLE: THE STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN
MISSISSIPPI
Deborah McDowell, LEAVING PIPE SHOP
Alice Walker, MERIDIAN

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two short papers; in-class midterm exam; one longer paper; group oral presentation.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Section 01: Romano, R; Times: M.W.... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;; Grading Mode: A/F; Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 1, Jr: 1, So: 4, Fr: 4; Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-22-1999

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