HIST 269 - Topics in United States, Latin American or Canadian History

FDR: HU, GE4b
Credits: 3
A course offered from time to time, depending on student interest and staff availability, on a selected topic or problem in United States, Latin American or Canadian history. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.

Topic for Winter, 2010:

HIST 269: The Civil Rights Movement: Witnessing and Testifying (3). The trajectory of the civil rights movement and its major milestones. Through course readings and engagement with primary documents, students examine the importance of various types of personal witness and testimony in mobilizing the movement and altering the nation’s view of American race relations. Moreover, this course explores the ways in which personal storytelling has continued to be an important instrument of memory and meaning-making, shaping and challenging historical narratives and political rhetoric. Throughout the term, the class discusses the ways in which the individual experience of the movement has been circulated, mediated, and appropriated through news coverage, popular histories, and academic scholarship. (HU, GE4b) Devlin

Topic for Fall, 2009:

HIST 269: American Protest in the 20th Century. An examination of 20th-century protest movements in the United States, exploring the expression of dissent through “outrageous acts” and “everyday rebellions.” Students engage with a broad range of movements, organization strategies, and protest tactics over the course of the semester, and consider how popular protest has altered our understanding of social and cultural reform. (HU, GE4b) Krutko