History 3670 - The Civil Rights Movement and the Making of Modern America

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Washington University in St Louis

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Description:

The Civil Rights Movement stands as one of the central stories of U.S. history. For many Americans, it signals an enduring struggle to create a more perfect union. This course covers the African-American Civil Rights Movement, broadly conceived, from the 1940s through the 1960s, and well beyond. The Civil Rights Movement was the most significant American social movement of the 20th century. It was also a religious, political, patriotic, and-perhaps most profoundly-a personal movement. This course explores the many facets of the Civil Rights Movement, noting how it involved a cast of actors much broader than Martin Luther King, Jr., and a set of goals much broader than ending the Jim Crow system. We use firsthand accounts, extensive documentary film footage, and new historical findings. We also study the opponents of the Civil Rights Movement and consider civil rights struggles outside of the traditional South, including Jim Crow-era St. Louis.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wustl.edu

Phone Number:

(314) 935-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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