AFRO 3866 is also offered in Spring 2025
AFRO 3866 is also offered in Fall 2021
Fall 2020 | AFRO 3866 Section 001: The Civil Rights and Black Power Movement, 1954-1984 (14599)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
Online Course
- Meets With:
HIST 3856 Section 001
- Times and Locations:
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (30 of 30 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Modern black civil rights struggle in the U.S., i.e., the second reconstruction. Failure of reconstruction, abdication of black civil rights in 19th century. Assault on white supremacy via courts, state, and grass roots southern movement in 1950s and 1960s. Black struggle in north and west. New emphasis on Black Power, by new organizations. Ascendancy of Ronald Reagan, conservative assault on the movement.
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?+AFRO3866+Fall2015 This course is completely online in a synchronous format. The course will meet online at the scheduled times.
- Class Description:
- What does it mean when politicians, pundits, even professors state that we are in a "post" civil rights era? We cannot understand this notion, let alone agree or disagree with its proponents, if we do not understand what "the civil rights era" was. This course will explore this era with particular attention to its historical emergence, its internal dynamics and controversies, and its impact on American society in general and on African Americans in particular. We will rely on a range of resources -- narrative historical accounts, primary documents, films, art -- and we will employ a range of learning methods -- lectures, small group discussions, and broad conversations. Students will be asked to demonstrate their knowledge through a range of writing assignments, including book reviews,responses to films, critical essays, and research papers.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/14599/1209
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 7 July 2015
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