Photo illustration of Raj Ghoshal, who teaches a Winter Term course focused on the Civil Rights Movement and key activists throughout history.
In just three weeks in January, Elon professor of sociology Raj Ghoshal takes his students through 500 years of history, focusing on the Black freedom struggle. Ghoshal said his course, SOC 3300: The Long Civil Rights Movement, helps students recognize the longevity of the fight for civil rights.
“The idea is that the Civil Rights Movement, or the quote, unquote, ‘short’ civil rights movement of 1954 to 1968, is certainly important, but it’s only one phase of this much bigger struggle that is not just for civil rights, but also for equality, justice, freedom,” Ghoshal said…