A study of civil rights in the USA. It is designed to fulfil the AS and A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The AS section deals with narrative and explanation of the topic. The A2 section reflects the different demands of the higher level examination.

AS SECTION: CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE USA, 1863-1968

1. America - 'land of the free'?
2. Towards a kind of freedom, 1863-77
3. Race relations and civil rights, 1877-1917
4. The inter-war years, 1920-41
5. The Second World War and civil rights
6. Post-war changes and the Civil Rights Movement
7. The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the emergence of Martin Luther King, 1955-6
8. Further protests in the south
9. Success for the Civil Rights Movement, 1963-5
10. Changes in the Civil Rights Movement, 1965-6
11. The origins, nature and effects of Black Power
12. The achievements of the Civil Rights Movement

AS Assessment
A2 SECTION: CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE USA, 1863-1980

1. The politics of freedom and equality
2. The struggle for black civil rights, 1865-1968
3. The rights of labour
4. The growing militancy of the Civil Rights Movement, 1950-80
5. America - 'the melting pot'

A2 Assessment