Unit name | Black Lives Matter: The African American Freedom Struggle (1945-Present) |
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Unit code | HIST30095 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
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 explores the history of the African American freedom struggle from 1945 to the present day. We will set out to examine the goals, strategies and history of the civil rights movement and assess its importance to contemporary African American experiences. The unit will cover the role of key figures, such as Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X, as well as key events and organisations, such as the SNCC, Black Power and Black Lives Matter. By the end of the course, students will be able to critically research and discuss key concepts in African-American history since 1945.
Upon completion of the unit, successful students will be able to:
1 x two-hour interactive lecture
1 x one-hour workshop
One 3000-word summative essay (50%) [ILOs 1-4]
One two-hour exam (50%) [ILOs 1-4]
Howell Raines, My soul is rested: movement days in the Deep South remembered (1983)
Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, The Long Civil Rights Movement and the Political Uses of the Past (2005)
James T. Patterson, Brown v. Board of Education : a civil rights milestone and its troubled legacy (2001)
Leigh Raiford, Imprisoned in a luminous glare: photography and the african american freedom struggle (2011)
August Meier, John H. Bracey, Elliott M. Rudwick, Black protest in the sixties (1991)
Steven F. Lawson, Charles M. Payne, Debating the civil rights movement, 1945-1968 (2006)