The American Social Movement

America Is home to many social movements. Many social movements that cover over a multitude of concerns over a multitude of areas with a multitude different environments. When I say environments I am referring to the political environment that the social movements are attempting to take root in. This could have to do with what the country as a whole is dealing with- such as war or any other major issues- what their larger community could be dealing with and if the people of the community actually care at all. All these variable make conducting a successful social movement all the more difficult. Just alike the great theory of natural selection suggests if these social movements can adapt and evolve to fit the environment they will ultimately …show more content…
Over the years these have proven to be the main practices to that tend the work best. I early stated the political climate of a social movement have a great influence on which tactic the social movement decides to use. Additionally, the identity the social movement and those who compose are just as if not more important in making these decisions. Taylor & Van Dyke argue that the identity of the social movement consists of: who the type of people the movement are attempting to target, the intentions of those pulling the strings, how they want to be perceived. For example, in the later battle for African- American civil rights you saw two polarized groups fighting for the same thing. Martin Luther King Jr. and his supporter’s vs the Black Panthers. The two may have wanted the same thing but ultimately were separately by the way they attempted to achieve it. MLK and his supporters were known for a peaceful protest and believed that compromise was key. Their social movement gravitated more towards the peaceful protest and civil disobedience and attracted those who also thought that small acts of disobedience would eventually achieve the goal. The Black Panthers on the other hand were absolutely more radical and their tactical repertoire showed such. Taking Malcolm X’s idea of “any means necessarily and applying” it to their identity. Demonstrations were …show more content…
Those involved in this social movement were fighting against forces that had at work sense the beginning of this country. African -Americans had barely been recognized as people a century and were still not seen as equals to the white population. The sit- ins, the protests, the boycotts, all were in the repertoire and of this movement, but this was because it needed to be. Every time they would find a successful niche, the government would find ways of stunting their growth forcing them to adapt to another method. Their versatility and resiliency allow them to finds ways that eventually reached the heart of the public and achieve their goal no matter how many time the opposing force founds ways of stopping