HIST 313 - The Twentieth Century Black Freedom Movement

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Trinity College

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Popular interpretations of the Civil Rights Movement focus on the "heroic period," stretching roughly from 1954 to 1965. During these eleven heady years, the movement was dominated by individuals who had adopted nonviolence as a strategy and integration as a goal. It is certainly not wrong to focus on their actions. The "heroic period" witnessed the most enduring victories of the black freedom struggle: the destruction of Jim Crow segregation and the achievement black citizenship. But mass social movements do not spring forth fully formed from the ground. Why were African Americans able to secure these remarkable victories in the late 1950s and 1960s What other strategies and goals did African Americans adopt in their struggles for freedom How did nonviolent integrationists come to dominate the movement during the heroic period What has become of their victory In an effort to answer these questions, we will spend considerable time exploring African Americans struggles for freedom before and after the heroic period. Additionally, we will attempt to situate the twentieth century black freedom struggle within the struggles of colonized people for self-determination the world over. African Americans have often viewed themselves as members of "the black world," the African Diaspora, and the "Third World," depending on time and place. If we are to understand the twentieth century black freedom struggle, we must understand the ways its participants imagined themselves and the world around 1.00 units, Lecture

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1.00

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www.Trincoll.edu

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(860) 297-2000

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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