Sekou M. Franklin
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814789384
- eISBN:
- 9780814760611
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814789384.001.0001
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
What happened to black youth in the post-civil rights generation? What kind of causes did they rally around and were they even rallying in the first place? This book takes a close look at a variety ...
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What happened to black youth in the post-civil rights generation? What kind of causes did they rally around and were they even rallying in the first place? This book takes a close look at a variety of key civil rights groups across the country over the last forty years to provide a broad view of black youth and social movement activism. It examines popular mobilization among the generation of activists—principally black students, youth, and young adults—who came of age after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The book argues that the political environment in the post-civil rights era, along with constraints on social activism, made it particularly difficult for young black activists to start and sustain popular mobilization campaigns. Building on case studies from around the country—including New York, the Carolinas, California, Louisiana, and Baltimore—the book explores the inner workings and end results of activist groups such as the Southern Negro Youth Congress, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Student Organization for Black Unity, the Free South Africa Campaign, the New Haven Youth Movement, the Black Student Leadership Network, the Juvenile Justice Reform Movement, and the AFL-CIO's Union Summer campaign. It demonstrates how youth-based movements and intergenerational campaigns have attempted to circumvent modern constraints, providing insight into how the very inner workings of these organizations have and have not been effective in creating change and involving youth.Less
What happened to black youth in the post-civil rights generation? What kind of causes did they rally around and were they even rallying in the first place? This book takes a close look at a variety of key civil rights groups across the country over the last forty years to provide a broad view of black youth and social movement activism. It examines popular mobilization among the generation of activists—principally black students, youth, and young adults—who came of age after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The book argues that the political environment in the post-civil rights era, along with constraints on social activism, made it particularly difficult for young black activists to start and sustain popular mobilization campaigns. Building on case studies from around the country—including New York, the Carolinas, California, Louisiana, and Baltimore—the book explores the inner workings and end results of activist groups such as the Southern Negro Youth Congress, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Student Organization for Black Unity, the Free South Africa Campaign, the New Haven Youth Movement, the Black Student Leadership Network, the Juvenile Justice Reform Movement, and the AFL-CIO's Union Summer campaign. It demonstrates how youth-based movements and intergenerational campaigns have attempted to circumvent modern constraints, providing insight into how the very inner workings of these organizations have and have not been effective in creating change and involving youth.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
Military peace movement members were outsiders in both the military and the peace movement because they tried to be connected to both, but they believe that this combined identity enhanced the ...
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Military peace movement members were outsiders in both the military and the peace movement because they tried to be connected to both, but they believe that this combined identity enhanced the movement’s attempts to effect change. Four social-psychological motivations for unlikely activists (information, value redefinition, hardship, and networks) are identified.Less
Military peace movement members were outsiders in both the military and the peace movement because they tried to be connected to both, but they believe that this combined identity enhanced the movement’s attempts to effect change. Four social-psychological motivations for unlikely activists (information, value redefinition, hardship, and networks) are identified.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
This book offers a window into an intriguing and previously unexamined segment of the anti-Iraq War movement comprised of veterans and military families. The book documents important political and ...
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This book offers a window into an intriguing and previously unexamined segment of the anti-Iraq War movement comprised of veterans and military families. The book documents important political and ideological diversity within the U.S. military community and demonstrates how military experiences can motivate peace activism. Through descriptions of the tragic and moving experiences of activists, it outlines how the current lack of a military draft may be contributing to a new civilian-military divide where civilians have little connection to the sacrifices of the all-volunteer force, which negatively impacts the peace movement. This book advances social movement scholarship by demonstrating how emotions and identity shaped this movement and were used by the movement to make claims. Activists created a multi-organization movement where they could combine two seemingly contradictory aspects of their lives: an intimate connection to the military and anti-war activism. The bonds between military peace movement activists transformed their negative emotions from war, including fear and guilt, into emotions of resistance, including righteous anger and group pride. Activists strategically deployed their combined military and peace activist identities in order to attract attention from the media and others, assert authority on issues relating to the military and war, challenge dominant pro-war framings of the Iraq War, and heighten the emotional resonance of tactics such as war memorials.Less
This book offers a window into an intriguing and previously unexamined segment of the anti-Iraq War movement comprised of veterans and military families. The book documents important political and ideological diversity within the U.S. military community and demonstrates how military experiences can motivate peace activism. Through descriptions of the tragic and moving experiences of activists, it outlines how the current lack of a military draft may be contributing to a new civilian-military divide where civilians have little connection to the sacrifices of the all-volunteer force, which negatively impacts the peace movement. This book advances social movement scholarship by demonstrating how emotions and identity shaped this movement and were used by the movement to make claims. Activists created a multi-organization movement where they could combine two seemingly contradictory aspects of their lives: an intimate connection to the military and anti-war activism. The bonds between military peace movement activists transformed their negative emotions from war, including fear and guilt, into emotions of resistance, including righteous anger and group pride. Activists strategically deployed their combined military and peace activist identities in order to attract attention from the media and others, assert authority on issues relating to the military and war, challenge dominant pro-war framings of the Iraq War, and heighten the emotional resonance of tactics such as war memorials.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0007
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
Although the Iraq War ended, the military peace movement continues organizing to stop the over-extension of the military and better address the traumas facing servicemembers returned from war. The ...
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Although the Iraq War ended, the military peace movement continues organizing to stop the over-extension of the military and better address the traumas facing servicemembers returned from war. The book’s findings are used to deepen theory about the civilian-military divide and the role of emotions and identity in social movements.Less
Although the Iraq War ended, the military peace movement continues organizing to stop the over-extension of the military and better address the traumas facing servicemembers returned from war. The book’s findings are used to deepen theory about the civilian-military divide and the role of emotions and identity in social movements.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
Embedded in a wide spectrum of military-identified organizations critical of U.S. government policies, the military peace movement had four main organizations. Activists within these faced greater ...
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Embedded in a wide spectrum of military-identified organizations critical of U.S. government policies, the military peace movement had four main organizations. Activists within these faced greater risks for peace movement participation than their civilian counterparts, and these risks helped to bind this movement together.Less
Embedded in a wide spectrum of military-identified organizations critical of U.S. government policies, the military peace movement had four main organizations. Activists within these faced greater risks for peace movement participation than their civilian counterparts, and these risks helped to bind this movement together.
Sekou M. Franklin
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814789384
- eISBN:
- 9780814760611
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814789384.003.0011
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This concluding chapter discusses the tribulations and triumphs of social movement activism among the post-civil rights generation. It argues that constraints on movement activism will remain as long ...
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This concluding chapter discusses the tribulations and triumphs of social movement activism among the post-civil rights generation. It argues that constraints on movement activism will remain as long as progressives and blacks have access to institutional channels to exercise political influence. While this may curtail transformational movement initiatives, youth-based groups must routinely adjust and reconfigure ways to create opportunities for black youth to participate. The chapter identifies four challenges which must be addressed in order to revitalize youth activism: (1) the mobilization of resources that can sustain long-term grassroots campaign; (2) the privileging by some grassroots activists and advocates of institutional leveraging practices over high-risk strategies; (3) the dexterity of movement bridge-builders and indigenous activists and their ability to take advantage of favorable political contexts; and (4) the advancement of creative organizing strategies and tactics that can mobilize marginalized, noncollege black youth and young adults living in poor communities.Less
This concluding chapter discusses the tribulations and triumphs of social movement activism among the post-civil rights generation. It argues that constraints on movement activism will remain as long as progressives and blacks have access to institutional channels to exercise political influence. While this may curtail transformational movement initiatives, youth-based groups must routinely adjust and reconfigure ways to create opportunities for black youth to participate. The chapter identifies four challenges which must be addressed in order to revitalize youth activism: (1) the mobilization of resources that can sustain long-term grassroots campaign; (2) the privileging by some grassroots activists and advocates of institutional leveraging practices over high-risk strategies; (3) the dexterity of movement bridge-builders and indigenous activists and their ability to take advantage of favorable political contexts; and (4) the advancement of creative organizing strategies and tactics that can mobilize marginalized, noncollege black youth and young adults living in poor communities.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
This chapter opens showing the heartbreak behind the military peace movement and then lays out its theoretical and informational context. Briefly describes the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars (with ...
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This chapter opens showing the heartbreak behind the military peace movement and then lays out its theoretical and informational context. Briefly describes the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars (with timeline), differences/similarities between Iraq and Vietnam, relationship between U.S. civilians and military, and social movement literature on emotions and identity.Less
This chapter opens showing the heartbreak behind the military peace movement and then lays out its theoretical and informational context. Briefly describes the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars (with timeline), differences/similarities between Iraq and Vietnam, relationship between U.S. civilians and military, and social movement literature on emotions and identity.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
The military peace movement organizations acted as a family, and this allowed activists to move beyond the negative emotions of powerlessness (fear, guilt, shame and unfocused anger) brought on by ...
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The military peace movement organizations acted as a family, and this allowed activists to move beyond the negative emotions of powerlessness (fear, guilt, shame and unfocused anger) brought on by war and develop emotions of resistance (righteous anger, love, and group pride). This emotional transformation helped sustain the movement.Less
The military peace movement organizations acted as a family, and this allowed activists to move beyond the negative emotions of powerlessness (fear, guilt, shame and unfocused anger) brought on by war and develop emotions of resistance (righteous anger, love, and group pride). This emotional transformation helped sustain the movement.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
Activists strategically deployed their combined military/peace identities in order to attract attention, demonstrate legitimacy, reframe “patriotism” and “troop support” in ways that promoted peace, ...
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Activists strategically deployed their combined military/peace identities in order to attract attention, demonstrate legitimacy, reframe “patriotism” and “troop support” in ways that promoted peace, and reach those unconvinced by traditional peace movement frames. Identity strategies were controversial, though.Less
Activists strategically deployed their combined military/peace identities in order to attract attention, demonstrate legitimacy, reframe “patriotism” and “troop support” in ways that promoted peace, and reach those unconvinced by traditional peace movement frames. Identity strategies were controversial, though.
Lisa Leitz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816680450
- eISBN:
- 9781452948522
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816680450.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Movements and Social Change
A close examination of one tactic, anti-war war memorials, demonstrates how activists intentionally elicit emotions, such as grief and sadness, to increase the impact of their message. Activists drew ...
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A close examination of one tactic, anti-war war memorials, demonstrates how activists intentionally elicit emotions, such as grief and sadness, to increase the impact of their message. Activists drew on emotional symbols of death to draw bystanders into their tactics and encourage resonance with their message.Less
A close examination of one tactic, anti-war war memorials, demonstrates how activists intentionally elicit emotions, such as grief and sadness, to increase the impact of their message. Activists drew on emotional symbols of death to draw bystanders into their tactics and encourage resonance with their message.
Thomas W. Pearson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780816699919
- eISBN:
- 9781452958903
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816699919.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Science, Technology and Environment
Provides an overview of frac sand mining, its rapid growth in western Wisconsin, and its role within the wider fracking commodity chain. Also paints a historical backdrop and situates the author as a ...
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Provides an overview of frac sand mining, its rapid growth in western Wisconsin, and its role within the wider fracking commodity chain. Also paints a historical backdrop and situates the author as a concerned citizen and an anthropological researcher involved in grassroots efforts to stop a company called Vista SandLess
Provides an overview of frac sand mining, its rapid growth in western Wisconsin, and its role within the wider fracking commodity chain. Also paints a historical backdrop and situates the author as a concerned citizen and an anthropological researcher involved in grassroots efforts to stop a company called Vista Sand
Thomas W. Pearson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780816699919
- eISBN:
- 9781452958903
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816699919.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Science, Technology and Environment
When the Hills Are Gone tells the story of Wisconsin’s sand mining wars. Providing on-the-ground accounts from both the mining industry and the concerned citizens who fought back, Thomas W. Pearson ...
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When the Hills Are Gone tells the story of Wisconsin’s sand mining wars. Providing on-the-ground accounts from both the mining industry and the concerned citizens who fought back, Thomas W. Pearson blends social theory, ethnography, stirring journalism, and his own passionate point of view to offer an essential chapter of Wisconsin’s history and an important episode in the national environmental movement.Less
When the Hills Are Gone tells the story of Wisconsin’s sand mining wars. Providing on-the-ground accounts from both the mining industry and the concerned citizens who fought back, Thomas W. Pearson blends social theory, ethnography, stirring journalism, and his own passionate point of view to offer an essential chapter of Wisconsin’s history and an important episode in the national environmental movement.
Thomas W. Pearson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780816699919
- eISBN:
- 9781452958903
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816699919.003.0008
- Subject:
- Sociology, Science, Technology and Environment
Describes the recent downturn of the frac sand mining industry, the broader significance of struggles over local control and local democracy, and promising directions for grassroots activism.
Describes the recent downturn of the frac sand mining industry, the broader significance of struggles over local control and local democracy, and promising directions for grassroots activism.
Thomas W. Pearson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780816699919
- eISBN:
- 9781452958903
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816699919.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Science, Technology and Environment
Mining companies have developed various tactics to overcome local opposition, but also to assert a sense of “belonging” in a contentious social landscape. They invoke alluring narratives about jobs, ...
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Mining companies have developed various tactics to overcome local opposition, but also to assert a sense of “belonging” in a contentious social landscape. They invoke alluring narratives about jobs, small-town neighborliness, corporate citizenship and responsibility, Wisconsin's supposed mining tradition, the role of resource extraction in modern civilization, and environmental sustainabilityLess
Mining companies have developed various tactics to overcome local opposition, but also to assert a sense of “belonging” in a contentious social landscape. They invoke alluring narratives about jobs, small-town neighborliness, corporate citizenship and responsibility, Wisconsin's supposed mining tradition, the role of resource extraction in modern civilization, and environmental sustainability
Thomas W. Pearson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780816699919
- eISBN:
- 9781452958903
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816699919.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Science, Technology and Environment
Recounts the origins and early success of grassroots activism that developed in response to one of the first proposed frac sand operations in the region. Identifies the factors that led to citizens ...
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Recounts the origins and early success of grassroots activism that developed in response to one of the first proposed frac sand operations in the region. Identifies the factors that led to citizens defeating the proposed mine, many of who became involved in the struggle against Vista Sand several years laterLess
Recounts the origins and early success of grassroots activism that developed in response to one of the first proposed frac sand operations in the region. Identifies the factors that led to citizens defeating the proposed mine, many of who became involved in the struggle against Vista Sand several years later
Thomas W. Pearson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780816699919
- eISBN:
- 9781452958903
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816699919.003.0003
- Subject:
- Sociology, Science, Technology and Environment
Traces the early years of the industry as it followed the path of least resistance to places more supportive of their interests. Concerned citizens fought back, but often unsuccessfully. Activism ...
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Traces the early years of the industry as it followed the path of least resistance to places more supportive of their interests. Concerned citizens fought back, but often unsuccessfully. Activism evolved from protest to monitoring and led to the founding of the Save the Hills AllianceLess
Traces the early years of the industry as it followed the path of least resistance to places more supportive of their interests. Concerned citizens fought back, but often unsuccessfully. Activism evolved from protest to monitoring and led to the founding of the Save the Hills Alliance
Thomas W. Pearson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780816699919
- eISBN:
- 9781452958903
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816699919.003.0004
- Subject:
- Sociology, Science, Technology and Environment
Explores the relationship between the perception of new environmental hazards introduced by frac sand mining and competing visions of place and rural landscape. Varied and sometimes contradictory ...
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Explores the relationship between the perception of new environmental hazards introduced by frac sand mining and competing visions of place and rural landscape. Varied and sometimes contradictory underlying meanings inform local activismLess
Explores the relationship between the perception of new environmental hazards introduced by frac sand mining and competing visions of place and rural landscape. Varied and sometimes contradictory underlying meanings inform local activism
Thomas W. Pearson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780816699919
- eISBN:
- 9781452958903
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816699919.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Science, Technology and Environment
Documents how people experience mining-related changes and conflicts, drawing on ethnographic interviews with residents living next to mines, processing plants, and hauling routes. People grappling ...
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Documents how people experience mining-related changes and conflicts, drawing on ethnographic interviews with residents living next to mines, processing plants, and hauling routes. People grappling with a sudden influx of mining activity suffer significant disruptions that erode their sense of place and belongingLess
Documents how people experience mining-related changes and conflicts, drawing on ethnographic interviews with residents living next to mines, processing plants, and hauling routes. People grappling with a sudden influx of mining activity suffer significant disruptions that erode their sense of place and belonging
Thomas W. Pearson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780816699919
- eISBN:
- 9781452958903
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816699919.003.0007
- Subject:
- Sociology, Science, Technology and Environment
Returns to the story of Vista Sand described in the introduction and follows concerned citizens as they organize against a proposed mine and rail spur, ultimately seeking to confront the mining ...
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Returns to the story of Vista Sand described in the introduction and follows concerned citizens as they organize against a proposed mine and rail spur, ultimately seeking to confront the mining industry within local democratic decision-making bodiesLess
Returns to the story of Vista Sand described in the introduction and follows concerned citizens as they organize against a proposed mine and rail spur, ultimately seeking to confront the mining industry within local democratic decision-making bodies
