Journey to Equality: Examining the Promise, Reality, and Legacy of Reconstruction

Course Summary.          

Journey to Equality: Examining the Promise, Reality, and Legacy of Reconstruction begins with a celebration of the freedoms of Black Americans at the end of the American Civil War. While providing an overview of the major policies and events, this course centers on the role of Black Americans in securing freedom and making significant gains during the period. The course explores the expansion of voting rights and the ascendancy of Black men to positions in local, state, and national governments. There is also a consideration of Black women’s lives in the American South as both teachers, active church members, and writers. This course includes information on the violence that occurred in the American South that was reinforced by Jim Crow laws. The final module encourages all participants to consider the ways in which the Reconstruction period and Jim Crow laws contributed to the Segregation Era and the racial violence and injustice that still continues today. To explore these topics, participants will engage with primary source documents, online digital collections as well as the published writings of Black thinkers and journalists of the late nineteenth century. 

Course Dates: November 7 - December 16, 2022  

Professional Development Hours: 35.  

Course Registration Fee: $125

Humanities In Class Online Course Refund,  Transfer & Cancellation Policy

• Refund Policy: Humanities In Class Online Course registrants occasionally are presented with circumstances that prevent them from participating in registered courses. In order to qualify for a refund of fees, registrants must submit their written request according to the following guidelines:

  • If the cancellation request is received more than fourteen (14) days before the course start date, the registrar will refund the course registration, less a $25 cancellation fee.

  • If the cancellation request is received between seven (7) and fourteen (14) days of the course start date, the registrar will refund fifty percent (50%) of course registration, less a $25 cancellation fee.

  • If the cancellation request is received less than seven (7) days before the course start date, no refund will be given.

• Transfer Policy: Humanities In Class Online Courses are offered during Spring, Summer and Fall sessions. In the event that unforeseen circumstances prevent a registrant from enrolling in a current course offering, they will have the option of transferring the amounts paid to a future, calendared course. 

• Cancellation Policy: In the event that an online course is canceled by the National Humanities Center, registrants will be given the option of transferring their registration to another course or receiving a full refund of their registration fee.