Skip Course Information  Course Information  Instructor Info:Amy
Jordan Office Extension x5644 Term: 2013F Meeting Info: Monday
Wednesday 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM Franklin Patterson Hall (FPH) 105
Description: How do we interpret the Civil Rights and Black
Power Movements of the post WWII era? What role do journalist,
activists, and scholars play in shaping how we remember the
past? How do African-American communities give meaning to the
"Movement." Do we understand the "movement" in terms of
understanding the leaders, determining the nature of the
political climate, or by examining community traditions? When do
we begin our exploration---in the 1950s, 1960s or perhaps
sooner? Does the emergence of newly independent nations in
Africa and Asia shape activist conceptions of civil rights,
human rights, violence, nonviolence, citizenship or nation
building? How do the discourses and struggles of the 1960s
animate our understanding of social change today? Can studying
the modern Civil Rights Movement help us to underst