HIS334

Historian and activist Howard Zinn once commented on the relationship between history and social change: "All those histories centered on the Founding Fathers weigh oppressively on the capacity of ordinary citizens to act. We have been taught to look to the stars, surrendering our own strength." This course examines movement building to bring about voting rights, desegregation, and improved race relations at the local level in the Deep South during the civil rights era. This is the story of some of the women, children, and men who daily put their lives on the line to "make America be America." This course counts toward the Peace, Justice, and Conflict Studies major/minor. Offered occasionally.

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