History-Civil Rights Movement

Catalog description

Review of major events and campaigns. The decade 1955-65 represents the temporal focus of the course, but the movement's 20th century antecedents and the period beween 1965-68 are discussed; the period within which the movement was broadened in internatioal perspective and transformed into a struggle for human rights. Goals and objectives of the struggle and the movement's impact on United States society are identified and evaluated.