COR 393 ORDINARY PEOPLE IN THE STRUGGLE FOR CHANGE
Focusing on biographies and autobiographies of organizers and participants in labor movements we will examine the social, economic, and political conditions that led to the movements and the strategies and tactics they employ. We will look at the importance of leaders, activists, organizers, intellectuals, and others in the movements. Who were they and what were their personal motivations? We will apply this study to current labor conditions in the United States and especially in North Carolina. We will ask ourselves such questions as is it time for collective action? What can we do? Are we ready to act? This course is writing intensive. Open to students in the third or fourth year of study. Counts toward Peace and Conflict Studies minor.