US History: Evaluating the Impact of Protest Movements Since 1877

This essay examines protest movements in American history from 1877 to the present, focusing on their origins, goals, key figures, achievements, and global connections. It uses sources to analyze movements like the Civil Rights Movement, women’s movement, and anti-war protests, considering their impact on American society and politics. The essay also explores the inspirations behind these movements, including global personalities and trends, and what they reveal about American history and its people. This resource is available for students seeking to deepen their understanding of social movements and their historical context, with Desklib offering additional study tools and solved assignments.

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Protest movement that changed America between 1877 and today
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Title: Protest Movements that changed America between 1877 and today
Chose Topic Area: Civil Rights Protest Movements
Name of the Article Author
Name(s)
Year Summary Reference
1) Social movement
unionism
in practice:
organizational
dimensions of union
mobilization in the Los
Angeles
immigrant rights
marches
Cassandra
Engeman
2014 The article describes the social
movement unionism in Los
Angeles. It is implied that the
union strategy adopts the
social change goals that are
aligned with the community
organizations. The article also
poses challenges the
dichotomy of organisational
movement. The influence of
the organisational dimensions
is described in this article. The
case study follows the labor
union involvement in the year
of 2006. The practice of social
unionism is highlighted in this
article.
Engeman, C.
(2015). Social
movement
unionism in
practice:
organizational
dimensions of
union
mobilization in
the Los Angeles
immigrant rights
marches. Work,
employment and
society, 29(3),
444-461.
2) Abolition Then and
Now: Tactical
Corey
Lee
2014 The article describes the
human and non-human
Wrenn, C. L.
(2014). Abolition

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Comparisons
Between the Human
Rights Movement and
the
Modern Nonhuman
Animal Rights
Movement in
the United States
Wrenn abolitionist movement in US.
The non-human abolitionist
movement refers to the
extension of the anti-slavery
movement in eighteenth and
nineteenth century. The article
also describes the human civil
rights movements. The
contentions regarding the goal
attainment and mobilization in
the human abolition is
discussed in this article.
then and now:
Tactical
comparisons
between the
human rights
movement and
the modern
nonhuman
animal rights
movement in the
United
States. Journal of
agricultural and
environmental
ethics, 27(2),
177-200.
3) Racing Abnormality,
Normalizing Race: The
Origins of America's
Peculiar Carceral State
and Its
Prospects for
Democratic
Jonathan
Simon
2017 The article highlights legal
equality movement took place
in America in current days.
The rights for the individual
have been prioritized in this
movement, the racial
discrimination issues are
Simon, J. (2016).
Racing
Abnormality,
Normalizing
Race: The
Origins of
America's

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Transformation Today described in this article. In
addition to this, it also
provides the conceptualized
knowledge about the enforcing
laws of controlling
abnormality. These
movements have significantly
brought changes in social and
political environment in
America. The legal norms and
rules are described by
considering the racial
differences. The article thus
provides the knowledge about
these specific movements that
impacted on the citizens in a
significant way.
Peculiar Carceral
State and Its
Prospects for
Democratic
Transformation
Today. Nw. UL
Rev., 111, 1625.
4) Local Protest and
Federal Policy: The
Impact of the Civil
Rights Movement on
the 1964 Civil Rights
Act
Kenneth
T.
Andrews
& Sarah
Gaby
2015 The articles present the
consequences of civil right
protest that created greater
impact on policy changes. The
major civil rights legislation in
1963 turned out to be one of
Andrews, K. T.,
& Gaby, S.
(2015, June).
Local Protest and
Federal Policy:
The Impact of

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the most gradualist approaches
of the executive branch. The
article also provides the
concerned situations emerged
due to the civil rights act.
the Civil Rights
Movement on
the 1964 Civil
Rights Act.
In Sociological
Forum (Vol. 30,
No. S1).
Identification of the Information
The necessary information for this preliminary bibliography and the entire portfolio was
collected from the secondary sources. The limited time and lack of resources however made the
portfolio quite limited. The limited information was the biggest challenge in such aspect. It can
be implied that in spite of such limitations, the secondary information collected in this study is
quite fruitful to gather the adequate idea about the subject area.

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References
Andrews, K. T., & Gaby, S. (2015, June). Local Protest and Federal Policy: The Impact of the
Civil Rights Movement on the 1964 Civil Rights Act. In Sociological Forum (Vol. 30,
No. S1).
Engeman, C. (2015). Social movement unionism in practice: organizational dimensions of union
mobilization in the Los Angeles immigrant rights marches. Work, employment and
society, 29(3), 444-461.
Simon, J. (2016). Racing Abnormality, Normalizing Race: The Origins of America's Peculiar
Carceral State and Its Prospects for Democratic Transformation Today. Nw. UL
Rev., 111, 1625.
Wrenn, C. L. (2014). Abolition then and now: Tactical comparisons between the human rights
movement and the modern nonhuman animal rights movement in the United
States. Journal of agricultural and environmental ethics, 27(2), 177-200.