LWP 3507Topic: Lit of Civil Rights Mvm

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July 2, 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This legislation was the culmination of many decades of difficult, often dangerous, work by both civil rights leaders and ordinary Americans who believed that all people were created equal and should enjoy equal protection under the law. This course examines the American civil rights movement through its literature: speeches, editorials, novels, poems, short stores, music and film. Students will trace the course of the modern battle for civil rights from its roots in the abolitionists of the 1800s through A. Philip Randolph and his March on Washington Movement of 1941 to the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and beyond.