History

HIS 80X History of the Modern Civil Rights Movement

The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, also referred to as the Second Reconstruction, was one of the most consequential periods in United States history. This course examines the many facets of the movement, focusing on the strategies, grassroots campaigns, and the many rank-and-file women and men who fought for freedom, liberation, and justice. (Formerly Civil Rights Movement: Grassroots Change and American Society.)

Credits

5

General Education Code

ER

Instructor

Quin'Nita Cobbins-Modica