Civil Rights Movement Analysis

Within any organization nationally or locally there is question of motive and past history. In the article “The Price of Civil Rights: Black Politics, Whiter Money, and the Erasure of Racial Violence” by Megan Francis, it is evident that what we know of the Civil Rights Movement at present is not telling of it’s roots. Also in the article “Mexican-American Political Organization and Philanthropy: Bankrolling a Social Movement” by Benjamin Marquez, it’s clear that limitations have been placed on minority grassroots organizations. Limitations placed by corporate organizations that fund these foundations, affecting both the Civil Rights Movement and the Mexican-American foundations. The American society holds money and the economic agenda to a very high standard. In the first article by Megan Francis, …show more content…
Social Movement Organizations (SMO’s) are formal organizations who identify goals that align with social movements and set out to implement those particular goals. When for profit institutions became involved with minority politics the relationship between ethnic social movements and these SMO’s took place. Foundations were eager to support less controversial SMO’s, they supported education 57% more than civil rights. The three leading Mexican-American organizations NCLR, MALDEF, and SUREP incidentally are the organizations that funders favor the most. Now it isn’t to say that these organizations haven’t done amazing services, it’s that the foundations that fund them have played a role in shaping what they do advocate, thus shaping Mexican-American politics. For instance take a look at the Texas IAF organization, they loudly stated they were careful where they took funds from. Yet they were funded by the Catholic Church, who obviously pushed a religious agenda. Exemplifying again the way funders really have control in these minority