Democracy & Civic Engagement

A New York Times article addresses the role that social media played in rapidly bringing the events in Ferguson to national attention.

Consider the unique experiences of black South African women during apartheid, many of whom were forced to live far away from their husbands on bantustans.

Examine the tension between two white European groups in South Africa, the Afrikaners (formerly Boers) and the English, in Afrikaner politician Francis Reitz’s A Century of Wrong.

Learn about the Chicano Movement of the 1960s and 1970s with this historical overview.

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