Not offered 2007-2008
LEAD 255 Leadership in the Civil Rights Movement (Same as Africana Studies 255) *
Leadership takes many forms. During the American civil rights movement, diverse actors exercised leadership in different ways at different levels: black students and professional women, ministers and lay leaders, civil right organizers, white allies, judges, politicians, and bureaucrats. This course examines the movement's multidimensional leadership styles and strategies and how they interacted, with special attention to leadership by Martin Luter King, Malcolm X, Ella Baker, Robert Moses, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Stokely Carmichael.
Requirements include active class participation, a midterm, final exam, and research paper.
No prerequisites. Enrollment limit: 35 (expected: 35).