Lecture 7 | African-American Freedom Struggle (Stanford)

Lecture 7 of Clay Carson's Introduction to African-American History Course (HIST 166) concentrating on the Modern Freedom Struggle (Fall 2007). This class session is a guest lecture by Awele Makeba on "The Women Who Made the Montgomery Movement". Recorded October 16, 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; Awele Makeba is the guest lecturer.

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

Category:

Education

Tags:

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

[grunder20]

Good job Carson

[thetricon69]

I simply love the presentation.

[4life1971]

all black ppl just wanted to be treated equally......what's wrong with that?

[Creative4aReason]

I am so excited. I am not watching but listening only and I am learning as well. GREAT!!

[818poochie]

I never said white people were priviledged. You are assuming that I think that. Fact is, I work with disadvantaged people and recognize that they come in various colors and ethnicities. BTW, there are plenty of groups that refer to themselves by hyphenating their ethnicity with the term American. I see it everywhere, including the term Irish-American. The great thing about being an American is that you can do so while acknowledging your ethnic heritage as well as the heritage of others.

[saint27573]

818poochie when i say move on im referring to using the term african-american all other groups refer to them self as american i dont call myself irish-american im 100 percent american , and my white skinn didnt help me hahah take alook around you there are lots of white skinned people that dont get a free pass but you must think white means priviledged i think that is hilarious , coz im white and i know black people that are more priviledged than me .

[818poochie]

Your white skin may have been the ticket which allowed you to move on because you did not stand out.

Also, does moving on meaning no longer discussing history? I am not trying to be a smart aleck. I truely want to know if "moving on" meanings forgetting history or if you are referring to something else. Thank you.

[saint27573]

i get tired of hearing the term african -american come on now are you american or african please choose whice . also heres alittle something for you to think about also , not only were there black slaves there were white people that were slaves too oh that must be a shocker for you huh? yeah white people that couldnt pay their debts became slaves to the people they owed. also alot of white people were out casted for helping blacks in the under ground rail road . but we got over it we moved on !!

[SgtDevilDog33]

WOW!!!! Very powerful video in many ways. Thank you Stanford and a BIG thanks to the very talentive women in the video. Keep up the great work! Luv ya

[ahbrigham]

This was great. I'm really glad i stubbled upon this.