Durham School of the Arts – 21st Century Civil Liberties (43082) Honors 21st Century Civil Liberties (43085)

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

The course should accentuate the history, struggles, successes, and similarities of diverse groups of twentieth-century Americans who protested on behalf of civil liberties and civil rights. The course should begin with an understanding of America’s founding documents— The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution—and the conceptual and historical paradoxes of each.