Three generations of Americans have only a rudimentary understanding of the Civil Rights Movement, and many young people even confuse it with the Civil War of a century earlier. How did this happen? In this course we will fill in some of the gaps – the people behind the scenes, the campaigns, the methods, the music, the achievements, and the work left undone. We’ll tell stories gathered from over 20 trips to the Deep South to learn about the Civil Rights Struggle in the places where the movement took place.

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