Freshmen! Don’t miss the chance to take a freshman seminar with Chancellor Michael Drake and Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of UCI’s Law School, in Winter Quarter 2011.
- Uni Stu 3 (87552); Civil Rights Movement
- Tuesdays 2:00-2:50 ALH 501; P/NP only
CHP students receive priority for this course. A course code is required to register for this course. Please email Jeff at jfulkers@uci.edu for a course code. Limited to 15 students.
The Supreme Court and the Civil Rights Movement
Between 1954 and 1974, laws that required segregation of the races were eliminated and the first major federal civil rights legislation since the Civil War was adopted. This course will examine what happened and why. It will begin with a look back and end with a look forward, but most of the class will be spent examining the range of dramatic events, from simple acts of protest to widespread civic unrest and major Supreme Court decisions, that led to triumphs and tragedies over two decades.