Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • understand some of the key events in the history of the civil rights movement
  • understand the movement’s achievements and shortcomings
  • assess how ‘revolutionary’ the civil rights movement was
  • interpret a range of relevant primary sources, including interviews, speeches and letters.

    • OpenLearn - The American Civil Rights Movement
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