SOCL 425 - Contemporary Social Change: American Civil Rights Movement

Institution:

Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Description:

This course will examine crucial portions of American social, political, and economic history that look back to slavery, segregation, Jim Crow, and the struggle for racial equality as exemplified in the civil rights movement of the 50s and 60s. The course shall focus on citizen participation and the leadership that attempted to bring justice and create change in modern American society. For this study, the course shall explore other groups who also strove to transform society. Prerequisite: ENGL105 and COMM200 or ENGL105 and ENGL116. ACPE Course.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.WIT.EDU

Phone Number:

(617) 989-4590

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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