AMST 30124 - Civil Rights Movements

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

American Studies

Description:

This course traces the struggle for equal rights undertaken by various marginalized groups in the twentieth-century United States, focusing particularly on the experience of African Americans. We will examine in detail the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, considering its contesting visions for African American liberation and the meaning of American freedom and democracy. This will be put in context of the "long" struggle, going back to early efforts to fight Jim Crow and moving forward to current debates over issues such as affirmative action and reparations. A significant portion of the course will also focus on other groups' struggles to achieve a full measure of constitutional rights and cultural acceptance, including women, Native Americans, Latinos, and gays and lesbians. The ideological and organizational relationships between these various movements will be examined.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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