Past Institutes

Teaching the Civil Rights Movement Through Music (Summer 2024 Webinar)

On July 15, 2024, Humanities Texas held a webinar exploring the relationship between music and the civil rights movement.

Curriculum

Content was aligned with the TEKS. The program explored the central role music played during the civil rights movement and highlighted music as a powerful way to teach the movement and its legacies to students of any age. The webinar provided practical and engaging ways teachers can use music–from "freedom songs" to soul music and beyond—to illustrate and explore many facets of the civil rights movement. Featuring legends like Aretha Franklin and contemporary figures like Beyoncé, the webinar considered the deep relationship between the sound and the struggles.

Like all Humanities Texas teacher programs, the webinar emphasized close interaction with scholars, the examination of texts, and the development of effective pedagogical strategies and engaging assignments and activities.

Faculty

Charles Hughes, director of the Lynne and Henry Turley Memphis Center at Rhodes College, led the program.

Schedule

The webinar took place over Zoom on July 15, 2024. The schedule is available here.

Sponsors

The webinar is made possible with major funding from the State of Texas with ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.