Unit name | The Long Civil Rights Movement |
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Unit code | HIST20110 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | I/5 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Saima Nasar |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of History (Historical Studies) |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will introduce students to the Long Civil Rights Movement from 1776-1945. We will explore slave narratives, resistance to slavery, and the rise of Jim Crow. We will also focus on the role of key figures such as Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey. By the end of the course, students will be able to critically research and discuss key concepts in African-American history from 1776.
Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
Weekly:
1 x two-hour interactive lecture
1 x one-hour workshop
One 3000-word summative essay (50%) [ILOs 1-5]
One two-hour exam (50%) [ILOs 1-5]
Bill Nasson, The Boer War: the Struggle for South Africa (Stroud, 2011)
I.R. Smith, The Origins of the South African War, 1899-1902 (Harlow, 1996)
David Omissi and Andrew S. Thompson (eds.), The Impact of the South African War (Basingstoke, 2002)
Greg Cuthbertson, Albert Grundlingh, and Mary-Lynn Suttie (eds.), Writing a Wider War: rethinking gender, race and identity in the South African War, 1899-1902 (Ohio, 2002)