Protesting Black Inequality: A Commentary on the Civil Rights Movement and Black Lives Matter
- 25 July 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Journal of Community Practice
- Vol. 25 (3-4), 309-324
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10705422.2017.1367343
Abstract
Using the theoretical scaffold of the relative deprivation theory, we present a commentary that delineates: (a) the 4 stages of social movements (e.g., emergence, coalescence, bureaucratization, and decline) and (b) sociopolitical and ethno-generational leadership, networks, narratives and tactics of the Civil Rights Movement compared with the Black Lives Matter. We provide a commentary on the 2 social movements' precipitating events during the emergence and coalescence stages. Also, the social-psychological pressures of mainstream social justice protest during the bureaucratization and decline stages are explored to highlight the emotional toil that threaten social movements and the lives of its leaders.Keywords
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