| Title: | Reconstruction |
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| Course Section Number: | BLS-300-03 |
| Department: | Black Studies |
| Description: | HYBRID COURSE. NOT AVAILABLE TO VIRTUAL LEARNERS. SOPHOMORES, JUNIORS AND SENIORS ONLY. HIS-340-01=PSC-310-01=PPE-338-01=BLS-300-03 Americans sought to right the wrongs that caused our bloody Civil War through constitutional amendments abolishing slavery, guaranteeing equal protection of the law, and protecting the right to vote during Reconstruction. Why did these amendments completely fail to achieve their purposes for nearly a century until the Civil Rights Movement of the late 1950s and the 1960s? And to what extent do the failures of Reconstruction continue to plague us today? Can we trace them to today's Black Lives Matter movement or last summer's protests over the death of George Floyd? We will begin our search for answers by trying to recover what freedom, equality, and the right to vote meant both to those who advocated the Reconstruction Amendments and those who strenuously opposed them. We will also examine the "politics of history"-how in the decades after Reconstruction, some tailored the history of that era and the Civil War to support their political agenda in favor of a segregated society. Finally, we will ask whether that distorted history of Reconstruction still affects us today. Is it still "baked" into our legal and political system? These are all critical questions because we still rely upon the Reconstruction Amendments to resolve most of our major civil rights questions, including voting rights, immigrant rights, affirmative action, and LGBTQ rights. We will examine a number of these recent civil rights decisions in light of the understanding we gain about Reconstruction. Meets the Diversity Requirement for the PPE major. |
| Credits: | 1.00 |
| Start Date: | January 25, 2021 |
| End Date: | May 11, 2021 |
| Meeting Information: |
01/26/2021-05/04/2021 Lecture Tuesday, Thursday 01:10PM - 02:25PM, Baxter Hall, Room 114
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| Faculty: | Thomas, Sabrina - Himsel, Scott |
Course Status & Cross-Listings
| Cross-list Group Capacity: | 15 |
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| Cross-list Group Student Count: | 14 |
| Calculated Course Status: | OPEN |
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