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HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE
Field experiences offer an opportunity to learn about
the Civil Rights Movement through speakers and field
projects at sites in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and
Mississippi.
THE SETTING
The southern United States is a region rich in the history
and culture of racial dynamics in the U.S., and the
home of the largest nonviolent social change campaign
in U.S. history. On the program you will critically
examine the events of the Civil Rights Movement as you
visit cities, museums and interview leaders of the movement.
After two days in the Twin Cities, you will embark on
a two-week field study tour through the South. Stops
include Atlanta, Georgia; Selma, Birmingham and Montgomery,
Alabama; Jackson, Mississippi; and Nashville, Memphis
and New Market, Tennessee. One week of integration seminars
in the Twin Cities will conclude the program.
On the field study, you will stay in local hotels, retreat
centers and hostels. Accommodations in the Twin Cities
are the responsibility of individual students. HECUA
staff may be able to assist in locating housing.
PROGRAM CREDIT
1 course credit (4 semester hours or 6 quarter credits).
COURSE
The course will examine a variety of critical perspectives,
including the practice and philosophy of nonviolence,
legal, human rights, and public work frameworks for
social change. Through lectures, discussions, group
field studies, and research, you will explore the history,
consequences and philosophies of the Civil Rights Movement.
You will also explore lessons from the freedom movement
that shed light on current challenges to democracy within
the United States.
CENTRAL QUESTIONS
• What are the lessons of the civil rights
movement and how are these applicable today?
• What were the pivotal events in the movement?
• What were the underlying philosophies and key
strategies for social change?
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