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Mar 13, 2026
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HIS 347 - The Civil Rights Movement in the United States, 1955-1975
1 semester, 3 Credits
Examines the heroic civil rights movement, from the Montgomery bus boycott to the Boston bus boycott, and how the civil rights movement in this period developed, challenged, and ultimately defeated the system of legal segregation in the South. The class will study the legal and legislative success of the Civil Rights movement, and its failure to address other important problems, including racial issues outside the South. Also examines the split that emerged in Civil Rights Movement, most notably between the reformers led by Martin Luther King, Jr., who focused on non-violence, and the advocates of black nationalism, including Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael. Same as BLS 347. Satisfies post-1877 American history requirement for minor.
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