Garinger High School – Twentieth Century Civil Liberties, Civil Rights

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. A foundation of the course should be an understanding of Jefferson’s creed that “…all men are created equal…,” as well as, the document’s interpretation and applicability over the course of the Twentieth Century.