HIST 400 - The Civil Rights Movement

Institution:

Virginia Wesleyan University

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Description:

A seminar consisting of intensive reading and discussion of selected classic and cutting-edge scholarship on the African-American freedom struggles of the 20th century. We work from the premise that the roots of the Civil Rights Movement stretch back long before the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision and that its achievements and continuing struggles remain central to understanding the role of race in American society today. Topics of study include the early campaigns of the NAACP; the significance of the Great Depression and World War II in accelerating the struggle for racial justice; the role of grassroots activism in the 1950s and 1960s; civil rights efforts outside of the South; and the interwoven relationship of the "Civil Rights" and "Black Powermovements. This is a reading and writing intensive history seminar. Prerequisites: senior status and either HIST 113, 114, or 115.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.vwu.edu

Phone Number:

(757) 455-3200

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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