SOC 0832 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ethnic Conflict, Red Power Movement, Civil Rights Act Of 1964
Civil Rights Movement
●Collective Action
●A Social Movement
○Grievance
○Context (political oppritunity)
●What contribuyed to the development of the CRM
○Context
■Economic
●Segregation system in the south has become obsolete
●Prosperity after WWII
○Reduced competition for jobs
○Helped African American communities
■Political
●WWII presented a dilemma
●Growth of dem votes in the north
○Leadership and organizations
■Blacks in government advisory positions
■Blacks participating in unions
○Legitimacy
■International events (WWII)
■Brown vs. Board of education: Segregation in schools is unconstitutionl
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