SOC 376 - The African American Civil Rights Movement through Film (1)

Examination of the modern Civil Rights Movement through text and film. Consideration of the development of the movement through social protest and legal action, goals of the movement from integration to Black Power, and factors involved in emergence of the movement including the development of a Western racial worldview and the emergence of anti-colonial movements worldwide. This course may count toward the SOC and RES major. Prerequisite: One of the following: SOC 101, ANT 101, RES 123, or permission of instructor. Alternate years.
(Social Science)