
CRITICAL RACE THEORY AND THE 1619 PROJECT
2 LIVE SESSIONS (90 MINUTES EACH)
LIVE WITH
COURSE DESCRIPTION
By now, it seems everyone has an opinion about the 1619 Project, a special edition of The New York Times’ Magazine that tried to focus readers’ attention upon the continuing legacies of race slavery in American life. Legislators in several states have since passed laws to ban it from school curriculums, along with the teaching of Critical Race Theory—or CRT—a set of premises developed by legal scholars in the 1990s to interpret America’s institutions in the context of race and civil rights.
In this two-part course, University of Maryland historian Richard Bell will take us back to basics. We’ll push past the headlines and talk candidly about what the 1619 Project says and doesn’t say, and what CRT means for the teaching of American history.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
2 Live Online Sessions
Two 90-minute sessions held live on Zoom with the professor and your fellow learners
Course Page
You'll have access to a dedicated course page where all of the content of your course is organized
Access to Recordings
All sessions are recorded and you'll have access to the recordings for on-demand viewing
Premier Customer Service
You'll have a direct customer service contact for the duration of the course
Reading Recommendations
Curated reading lists from the professor to further enhance your understanding of the topic
Small Group Learning
This class is limited to only fifty participants to mimic a small college class with direct access to the professor