Korie L. Edwards
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195314243
- eISBN:
- 9780199871810
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195314243.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The concluding chapter ends the book with a discussion on the implications of the book's findings for developing racially integrated religious organizations that truly epitomize Dr. Martin Luther ...
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The concluding chapter ends the book with a discussion on the implications of the book's findings for developing racially integrated religious organizations that truly epitomize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream for a cooperative, egalitarian, multiracial religious community.Less
The concluding chapter ends the book with a discussion on the implications of the book's findings for developing racially integrated religious organizations that truly epitomize Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream for a cooperative, egalitarian, multiracial religious community.
Timothy J. Minchin and John A. Salmond
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813129785
- eISBN:
- 9780813135625
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813129785.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
At the Alabama state capitol on March 25, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebrated the end of the Jim Crow system with about twenty-five thousand people. As he believed that segregation was about ...
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At the Alabama state capitol on March 25, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebrated the end of the Jim Crow system with about twenty-five thousand people. As he believed that segregation was about to be terminated, King declared that the southern blacks were about to attain a society that was “at peace with itself.” King's speech after the Selma-Montgomery protest was perceived to be the culmination of the civil rights movement. The federal protection of black voting rights and the public accommodation desegregation was achieved after a decade. After which, the 1965 Voting Rights Act was passed. King's Montgomery speech may be viewed as a beginning instead of an end as King asserted that there are many other developments that could be achieved such as desegregating schools and utilizing votes to modify a political system still dominated by those who advocate segregation. This book looks into the continuing struggle for civil rights after 1965.Less
At the Alabama state capitol on March 25, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebrated the end of the Jim Crow system with about twenty-five thousand people. As he believed that segregation was about to be terminated, King declared that the southern blacks were about to attain a society that was “at peace with itself.” King's speech after the Selma-Montgomery protest was perceived to be the culmination of the civil rights movement. The federal protection of black voting rights and the public accommodation desegregation was achieved after a decade. After which, the 1965 Voting Rights Act was passed. King's Montgomery speech may be viewed as a beginning instead of an end as King asserted that there are many other developments that could be achieved such as desegregating schools and utilizing votes to modify a political system still dominated by those who advocate segregation. This book looks into the continuing struggle for civil rights after 1965.
Meghan Condon and Amber Wichowsky
- Published in print:
- 2020
- Published Online:
- May 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780226691732
- eISBN:
- 9780226691909
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226691909.003.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter explains the prevalence of social comparison in political rhetoric and everyday life and summarizes how upward comparisons with the rich and downward comparisons with the poor affect ...
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This chapter explains the prevalence of social comparison in political rhetoric and everyday life and summarizes how upward comparisons with the rich and downward comparisons with the poor affect perceptions of status, political attitudes, and emotions. The chapter also explains how social context, psychology, and racial and gender divides combine to structure the nature of cross-class comparisons in American society. The chapter explores political rhetoric and theory about social comparison from a variety of contemporary political actors such as Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders, and great thinkers such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Virginia Wolfe, and Aristotle. The authors argue that interrogating cross-class comparisons can provide important insights into Americans’ responses to growing economic inequality.Less
This chapter explains the prevalence of social comparison in political rhetoric and everyday life and summarizes how upward comparisons with the rich and downward comparisons with the poor affect perceptions of status, political attitudes, and emotions. The chapter also explains how social context, psychology, and racial and gender divides combine to structure the nature of cross-class comparisons in American society. The chapter explores political rhetoric and theory about social comparison from a variety of contemporary political actors such as Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders, and great thinkers such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Virginia Wolfe, and Aristotle. The authors argue that interrogating cross-class comparisons can provide important insights into Americans’ responses to growing economic inequality.
Virginia Lynn Moylan
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780813035789
- eISBN:
- 9780813046228
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813035789.003.0008
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This chapter examines Hurston’s controversial opposition to the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, which led to the desegregation of public schools. Taking a fresh look at ...
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This chapter examines Hurston’s controversial opposition to the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, which led to the desegregation of public schools. Taking a fresh look at Hurston’s position, this chapter relies on recent studies that document some of the ruling’s unintended consequences, which serve to justify some of Hurston’s objections.Less
This chapter examines Hurston’s controversial opposition to the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, which led to the desegregation of public schools. Taking a fresh look at Hurston’s position, this chapter relies on recent studies that document some of the ruling’s unintended consequences, which serve to justify some of Hurston’s objections.
Molly W. Metzger and Henry S. Webber
- Published in print:
- 2019
- Published Online:
- December 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190862305
- eISBN:
- 9780190862336
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190862305.003.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Social Policy, Communities and Organizations
The introductory chapter to the book situates current housing segregation within a historical context. The chapter begins with a comparison of the current moment in housing to the circumstances ...
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The introductory chapter to the book situates current housing segregation within a historical context. The chapter begins with a comparison of the current moment in housing to the circumstances preceding the signing of the 1968 Fair Housing Act. The chapter then presents a snapshot of demographic continuity and change since the 1960s, including a description of patterns of segregation along lines of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. An argument is presented for why all residents of the United States should care about housing segregation: segregation fundamentally impedes shared economic prosperity, frays the fabric of US democracy, and calls into question the self-defining notion of equality of opportunity. The chapter closes with a preview of subsequent chapters in this volume, which provide frameworks for understanding the problem of segregation as well as proposed policy solutions.Less
The introductory chapter to the book situates current housing segregation within a historical context. The chapter begins with a comparison of the current moment in housing to the circumstances preceding the signing of the 1968 Fair Housing Act. The chapter then presents a snapshot of demographic continuity and change since the 1960s, including a description of patterns of segregation along lines of race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. An argument is presented for why all residents of the United States should care about housing segregation: segregation fundamentally impedes shared economic prosperity, frays the fabric of US democracy, and calls into question the self-defining notion of equality of opportunity. The chapter closes with a preview of subsequent chapters in this volume, which provide frameworks for understanding the problem of segregation as well as proposed policy solutions.
