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Fall 2009
Law No.: LAW9099
Sched. No.: 109835538
Civil Rights History from Plessy to Brown*
Section 1
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Goluboff, Risa L.



Administrative Information:

Days, Times (Room):R, 1600-1800 (WB129)
Credits:3Type:Seminar
Capacity:15 **This information is current as of 11/24/2009 06:49:08 AM**
Current Enrollment:16 **This information is current as of 11/24/2009 06:49:08 AM**

Course Description:

This course explores the history of civil rights in the fifty years between Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education. The course emphasizes two things: recreating the uncertainties that characterized civil rights doctrine in the pre-Brown era, and analyzing the disparate ways historians of civil rights have treated the topic. Students will write short weekly response papers.

PREREQUISITE: Constitutional Law
COURSE REQUIREMENT: Short weekly papers

Prerequisites:Constitutional Law