Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Humanities and Social Science
Learning Methods
Lecture
Seminar
Module Offerings
5132HIST-SEP-MTP
Aims
1. To introduce students to the everyday experiences of activists and African Americans during the civil rights movement in the U.S.
2. To foster collaboration with peers on an independent study, utilising different types of primary sources, in a presentation format.
3. To encourage students to challenge established narratives of social movements by engaging with individual perspectives and accounts.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Interpret nuances within social movements, particularly with reference to the U.S. civil rights movement and attention to activists' agency.
2.
Research from a variety of primary sources to create a presentation
3.
Convey their research to an audience.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Rumblings of Change: World War II and the Years Preceding the Movement
The Classic Movement Begins: Brown & Other Court Decisions
Martin Luther King, Jr and SCLC
Politics of Nonviolent Direct Action
Massive Resistance
The Civil Rights Movement and the Cold War
The Student Movement
The Personal is Made Political: Grassroots Activism
White Allies and the Civil Rights Movement
Britain and the Black Freedom Struggle
Post-1965: Declension Narrative Analysis
Additional Information:Weekly lectures provide necessary background and framework for the module. The seminars will be a mix of primary source analysis at the beginning of term to encourage ideas about what the students’ group presentations will be based on, and later on in term will be time for the groups to work on their projects. Group presentations will be assessed via an individual portfolio.