Initiating A Social Movement In The 1960's
Initiating a social movement is an organized technique that African Americans have employed in order to cope with and deal with differential and pejorative treatment on several occasions in American history. The civil rights movement in the 1960’s fought for equality for African Americans and whites alike and remains a force to this day for the civil rights for all US citizens regardless of race, religion gender or sexuality.
In more recent years, the outrage in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman’s senseless murder of seventeen year old Treyvon Martin in 2013 spawned the Black Lives Matter movement founded by Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza. The case involved racial prejudice and racial profiling resulting in
In more recent years, the outrage in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman’s senseless murder of seventeen year old Treyvon Martin in 2013 spawned the Black Lives Matter movement founded by Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi, and Alicia Garza. The case involved racial prejudice and racial profiling resulting in