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Motivation to Teach Social Action:
I teach African American history; particularly the Black Freedom Struggle and would like to include more experiential learning about organizing. I am interested in historical motivations for action when the stakes for students seemed imperiously high. What are the stakes for students now? What information will they need to learn to assemble in order to discern and make decisions?
Course Description:
This course focuses on a portion of the Black Freedom Struggle, namely the histories of the mass civil rights movement in the United States, using a range of sources and methods. Moving thematically and focusing primarily on the South, the course considers the roles of the courts, the government, organizations, local communities, and individuals in the ongoing struggle for social, political and economic equality. By the end of the course, students will understand the organizing tradition honed during the campaigns in from 1950s and into the 1970s and will have a grasp on how to critically analyze primary sources while develop tools for more general critical analysis and writing. Moreover, they will understand their own stakes, regardless of their positionality and identity, in the ongoing Black Freedom Struggle.
Taught By:
Françoise Hamlin
Associate Professor of Africana Studies & History
Africana Studies
Brown University
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