Resistance Movements credit:

3 Hours

Is it possible for a group of people to have secure human rights when the same rights are being denied to large groups of people based on their identity? This course takes a comparative survey approach to social movements of U.S. groups seeking to overcome discrimination across political, economic, and social spheres. The cases covered take place over the course of centuries and represent a wide range of racial, ethnic, and gender groups, but they also contain many similar ideological features rooted in social movement literature. A close study of these movements demonstrates that human rights are not freely recognized or bestowed, but must be achieved by struggle. This course satisfies the General Education Criteria for: Cultural Studies - US Minority