This History U course will explore the diverse political philosophies of influential Black Americans as they sought to secure their dignity as human beings and rights as citizens.
Course Instructor: Professor Lucas Morel, Washington and Lee University
Eligibility: High school students
Image Source: Warren K. Leffler, "Civil rights march on Washington, D.C.," August 28, 1963 (Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 2003688164)
History U
Free for high school students
This History U course will explore the diverse political philosophies of influential Black Americans as they sought to secure their dignity as human beings and rights as citizens. Students will learn about the perpetual struggles Black Americans face to secure justice for themselves on the basis of principles White Americans professed to hold near and dear. Quite simply, Black Americans asked that America be true to herself. As Frederick Douglass put it: “Not a Negro problem, not a race problem, but a national problem; whether the American people will ultimately administer equal justice to all the varieties of the human race in this Republic.”
The views expressed in this course are those of Dr. Lucas Morel.
Justin Emrich explains what you will learn in this course.
Lucas Morel, John K. Boardman, Jr. Professor of Politics, Washington and Lee University
Lucas Morel is the John K. Boardman, Jr. Professor of Politics at Washington and Lee University. His teaching and research interests are American government, political theory, Abraham Lincoln, and Black American politics. His books include Lincoln and the American Founding (2020) and Lincoln’s Sacred Effort: Defining Religion’s Role in American Self-Government (2000). Morel is a board member of the Abraham Lincoln Institute and the Abraham Lincoln Association and a trustee of the Supreme Court Historical Society. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, and Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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