JOUR 216 - The Press and The Civil Rights Movement

Institution:

Washington and Lee University

Subject:

Journalism and Mass Communications

Description:

Prerequisite: Journalism 101 or permission of the instructor. Appropriate for history majors or African-American studies students. This research seminar examines the press’s role in the Civil Rights Movement of the South in the 1950s and ‘60s. It includes a 10-day tour of key sites of the movement and archives related to its history (Greensboro, Atlanta, Birmingham and Nashville), oral-history interviews with press veterans, readings, discussions, and proposals for a research paper and a magazine article. Cumming

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wlu.edu/

Phone Number:

(540) 458-8400

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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