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IDS 2243 - Experiencing the Civil Rights Movement

Credits: 2
This class gives you the opportunity to learn about, and see, many of the famous places of the Civil Rights Movement. Among the possibilities? Standing where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in 1956 and learning about the bus boycott that brought Civil Rights into the national spotlight. Traveling the Deep South on a bus like the Freedom Riders did in 1961 and learning how they helped integrate interstate travel. Crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, in the footsteps of the Bloody Sunday Marchers, and learning how their efforts brought about the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Visiting the house where Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born and the church where he served as co-pastor and where his funeral was held in 1968. You’ll hear first-hand accounts from folks who participated in the Civil Rights Movement, and you’ll meet people from across the country who share your interest in learning about one of the most important human rights movements in our country’s history. This class is held in conjunction with the Civil Rights Tour organized by the Ira & Mary Zepp Center for Nonviolence and Peace Education.
McDaniel Plan: January Term



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