2021 Marching Down “Freedom’s Road”: Civil Rights to BLM Summer Virtual Seminar

Marching Down "Freedom's Road"

Marching Down "Freedom's Road":

Civil Rights to BLM Summer Virtual Seminar 2021


Starting with the rumblings of discontent that preceded World War II, we will explore the deep roots of the Black-led freedom movement, the “long civil rights movement,” and contemporary activism, such as the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

Overview

Marching Down "Freedom's Road": Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter Summer Virtual Seminar

“We cannot claim to have answers to all the complex problems of modern society. That is too much to ask of a movement still battling barbarism in Mississippi. But we can agitate the right questions by probing at the contradictions which still stand in the way of the ‘Great Society.’” This virtual seminar will focus on those who took up Rustin’s challenge and sought to agitate the right questions as they struggled for freedom and rights during the 20th century in the United States. Starting with the rumblings of discontent that preceded World War Two, we will explore the deep roots of the Black-led freedom movement, the “long civil rights movement,” and contemporary activism, such as the #BlackLivesMatter movement. This somewhat expanded timeline offers participants new ways of thinking about the nature and dimension of the movement and its leadership. Instead of limiting our study to the classroom, this program promises to blend in-class lectures and readings with workshops led by museum curators, opportunities to hear first-hand testimonials, and virtual tours of key sites.

The educational narrative will emphasize four main concepts:

  • Freedom and Rights
  • Civil Unrest
  • A Warning from the Past
  • Contemporary Activism
~PA ACT 48 Credit Hours and/or Documentation of Continuing Education Hours available per request.
For more information please contact Ellen Resnek: [email protected]

Itinerary

June 13 [Sunday]-18 [Friday]:

June 13: The House We Live In

--Topics: Thinking about Our Words and What We See --Topics: Rumblings of Discontent and Waging the Double V

June 14: A New Birth of Freedom

--Topics: Brown vs. Board of Education --Topics: Emmett Till: Lynching and the Political Nature of Violence --Topics: Mamie Till and Mose Wright --Topics: Little Rock, Ark., and Massive Resistance -- Museum Connection: Heinz History Center: Pittsburgh and the Civil Rights Movement Program

June 15: The Black Freedom Movement Emerges

--Topics: Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Revival of Direct Mass Action --Topics: SCLC and the Institutionalization of a Movement --Topics: How do we get there? ML King, Jr., and Robert Williams Debate --Topics: Greensboro, Hamburgers, and Sit-ins [Ella Baker] --Museum Connection: The Rosa Parks Museum

June 16: “We Shall Overcome”

--Topics: Freedom Rides --Topics: Operation C: Birmingham, the Pretoria of the South --Topics: Marching on Washington --Museum Connection: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

June 17: The Two 1964s

--Topics: Freedom Summer, MFDP, Fannie Lou Hamer and Efforts to Build Alternative Institutions --Topics: What's Going On?: Gloria Richardson, the Deacons of Defense, and Malcolm X --Topics: the 24th Amendment and Civil Rights Act [1964] --Topics: That Bridge—Selma --Topics: 1965 Voting Rights Act --Museum Connection: Equal Justice Institute Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice

June 18: A Great World House

--Topics: Black Power and Black Nationalism --Topics: Up North: More than a Hamburger --Topics: Urban Riots or Urban Rebellions—still thinking about our words --Museum Connection: Muhammad Ali Center

Resources

PLEASE NOTE: This is a virtual online seminar.

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