AAAS 177S - Race and Equity

Institution:

Duke University

Subject:

African and African American S

Description:

Major historic efforts of the republic to establish legal equality for former slaves and their descendants<197>the Emancipation Proclamation, the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. Modern-day controversies over race and equality. Efforts of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon under the rubric of ''affirmative action.'' Fair-employment approaches ranging from ''casting a wider net'' to ''goals and timetables'' to overt or tacit quotas as well as voter-equality schemes from at-large elections to racial ''gerrymandering'' to cumulative voting. Desegregation and integration as competing ideals; actual and proposed remedies for unfairness. Instructor: Staff

Credits:

1.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

WWW.DUKE.EDU

Phone Number:

(919) 684-8111

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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