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GENDER, RACE AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

AFROAMER/GEN&WS 625
Course Description

This course focuses on the emerging field of gender studies in the scholarship on the post-World War II civil rights movement in the United States.

Prerequisites

Sophomore standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.23

5.7% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

10.59% from Historical

A Rate
45.45%

47.34% from Historical

Class Size
11

5.32% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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