Lecture 8 | African-American Freedom Struggle (Stanford)

Lecture 8 of Clay Carson's Introduction to African-American History Course (HIST 166) concentrating on the Modern Freedom Struggle (Fall 2007). This lecture is entitled "Ella Baker Inspires the Student Movement". Recorded October 18, 2007 at Stanford University.

This course introduces the viewer to African-American history, with particular emphasis on the political thought and protest movements of the period after 1930, focusing on selected individuals who have shaped and been shaped by modern African-American struggles for freedom and justice. Clayborne Carson is a professor in the History Department at Stanford University.

Complete playlist for the course:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=40E11D5C66CAC48C

Course syllabus:
http://www.stanford.edu/~ccarson/History/Syllabus%20Fall%202007b.pdf

More on Clayborne Carson:
http://www.stanford.edu/~ccarson/

Stanford University channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanford

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Education

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• African-American
• culture
• black
• history
• Modern
• Freedom
• Struggle
• civil
• rights
• movement

[grunder20]

say no to racial discrimination!

[thetricon69]

I hope to see more of this video.

[sullenboy1o3o]

@4life1971 Caucasians like to call it color blindness nowadays.

[4life1971]

and to this day white ppl still don't want to acknowledge racism......what a shame.

[818poochie]

I absolutely agree that forgetting the past means comdemnation to repeat it. Our country needs to explore ways to do this without offense. I realize that some will always be offended but, I have to believe that even sensitive topics in history can be taught accurately and honestly without the only result being greater polarization. Admittedly, I am not at all sure how to do this ...

[818poochie]

Amen to that! I have spent my life moving between the "white' and "black" worlds invariably offending someone. I noted that they were not as different as they liked to think they are past outer trappings. I find it amazing how we as Christians can see each other as the enemy so easily based on race and culture. No work left for the real enemy to do. I try to explain each side to the other but it gets tiresome. Not getting immediate obvious results. Racial or religious; too much venom at times.

[saint27573]

818poochie no im not a history major but i do like to learn as much as i can i belive that if we forget the pass we are condemed to repeat it . im white my mom married a black man then i have a mixed brother and sister . so i found myself having to explain alot of things to them and i even learn from them also . i been around blacks and white both good and both bad too . then i became a christian and now i find myself having to defent christianity to both the blacks and the whites nt always easy

[818poochie]

I try to be open minded. Not always sure about the other thing ;). I have had to move back and forth between predominantly white circles and predominantly black circles had noticed sometime in late elementary school that they were pretty much the same except for the outer trappings. I find myself trying to explain one group to the other quite often, except when I get frustrated and quit. I notice that you seem to know more history than the average American has forgotten. Are you a history major?

[saint27573]

818poochie i enjoyed these chats with you , you seem to be very open minded and smart .

[818poochie]

I will agree in so far as it seems that everyone these days seems to want a "card" to play, whether it is race, gender, orientation, age, size or whatever. In my workplace it seems that everyone is quick to claim discrimination and play the victim. It is like everyone is looking for a basis on which to be considered a victim and using it as an excuse not to do their jobs. See it outside of my workplace too, white, black and otherwise. I agree that we have to know our collective American history.