SOC 0352 Lecture 6: Civil Rights Movement Structure
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Countered through: legal obstruction (private transportation, violence and other extra-legal harassment. Sit-ins: countered with, mass arrests by police, passage of state and local anti-trespassing ordinances, closing of lunch counters, establishment of biracial negotiating bodies to contain conflict. Freedom rides: countered with, violence, disruption, forcing federal government to intervene, neutralized and ended effectiveness of tactic. Community wide protests: countered with, control violent excesses, federal interventions where violent. Urban riots: countered with, federal force to prevent violence was effective tactical adaptation to violence. Can be called off if in trouble. Albany vs. birmingham: albany: organizational rivalries, king"s conservatism. Relied on white violence as a response** Intervention by federal government to stop violence against blacks would be a success because it takes a stand: freedom rides we could count on the racists to create violence . Disruption costs: losses resulting directly or indirectly from movement protests. Concession costs: anticipated losses from movement successes.
