First-Year Seminars 110CV - The Civil Rights Movement

We will examine the crusade for desegregation both within and beyond the South. Some attention will be given to the movement's Reconstruction precedents, but we will concentrate on the post-1954 period. Readings will cover how segregation was instituted; different phases of the movement; leaders, organization, and followers; the role of women and children; and post-movement history.

First-year students only, by placement.