Teaching the History of Civil Rights at A Predominantly White Institution

Authors

David L. Jamison, Dean, School of Communication and Information Systems, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA
Rex Crawley, Assistant Professor, Communications, Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA

Date of this Version

November 2003

Abstract

Building on a 2003 pilgrimage to a dozen sites important in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 1960's, and conversations with movement leaders of then and now, the authors created an initiative at their 93% white campus to educate today's students about the heritage the civil rights struggle