![]() ![]() The other, which he’ll teach again next fall, is “Race in the Age of Trump.” “History of the Black Power Movement” is one of two undergraduate courses Moore teaches that last fall enrolled around 1,000 students, more than half of them white. Racial reconciliation will only come about, he argues, with an understanding of Black history and an appreciation of the Black experience. In it, he weaves personal anecdotes - about being mistaken for an assistant basketball coach and having his campus parking privileges challenged - with lessons about Jim Crow laws and voter suppression. Moore, a professor of history and former vice president for diversity and community engagement at the flagship campus, shares his approach in a new book: Teaching Black History to White People (University of Texas Press, 2021). He makes sure that by the end of the semester, they do. Moore’s course on the history of the Black Power movement start the semester at the University of Texas at Austin saying they don’t see race. Many of the white students who flock to Leonard N. ![]() Our Katie Mangan spoke with him about what he’s learned and about how people can be good allies. He’s picked up a few lessons about teaching Black history to white students along the way. Moore teaches the undergraduate course “History of the Black Power Movement” on a campus where only 5 percent of undergraduates are Black. ![]()
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