HIST 249 Civil Rights Movement
After setting the stage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries concerning the social, economic, and political conditions of African Americans in the South and North, we will examine the Civil Right Movement (CRM) in the mid-20th Century. We will also analyze the Black Power Movement, the complex and changing ideology of Malcolm X, and the radicalization of Martin Luther King, Jr. An ongoing topic is the role of the media in the CRM & Black Power. Other issues include the influence of the CRM on U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War, the intersection of the Vietnam War and Black Power and CRM, and the CRM/Black Power on other '60s-'70s movements, e.g., the Chicano Movement.