˚₊‧꒰ა soc 1101 — civil rights movement / stopping the plant

cornell university

what was the sociological structure of the south post civil war

slavery was abolished, sharecropping and tenant farming took its place

definition of a social movement

collective action aimed at social reorganization

what is the most important change that occurs according to the poor people’s movement authors

reduction in violence to maintain social order

• disruption of southern caste system

what caused the great migration

the north was industrializing and needed factory workers, south wasn’t hiring black people

what could african americans do in the north that they could not in the south post civil war

• vote

• work

what happened when blacks began to influence political campaigns for the presidency

presidential candidates would use empty promises and catering to black communities to attempt to get their vote

• had to balance this with keeping white southerners happy

what institution began to support change in race relations beginning in the early 1950s

supreme court

when and what happened with rosa parks

• in 1955

• began when rosa parks refused to move to the back of the bus

  • sparked bus boycotts and blacks organized carpool systems as alternate ways of transportation

what was the southern manifesto

a document that promised to defend the caste system

what happened when mlk was arrested before the 1960 election

kennedy called the court to pardon him

how did kennedy mislead the movement after getting elected

he was slow to begin the civil rights act process

how did the movement respond to kennedy’s suggestions

college students began to do sit ins, sit at counters in white restaurants

• began to try and use bus and train terminals all over the south

why did elites in the south want change

• to industrialize and bring about a diverse workforce

• wanted modern society, not a feudal order

why did elites in the north want change

• saw an opportunity to invest in a “new south”

why did pres. kennedy need to pass another federal law after passing the civil rights act

passed voting rights act in 1965 blacks were mobilizing in selma alabama

• violent protests

what was the most important gain from the passage of civil rights act

dismantled institutionalized racial discrimination and segregation

why was the civil rights act only partially successful for the sociological conditions of african american citizens

• did not automatically lead to economic justice

• african americans are still marginalized and victimized in modern society, so it clearly didn’t solve everything

where did the “stopping the plant” study take place and why is this area significant

hudson river valley

• birth of the environmental movement

• hudson river school of art made activism pieces on the river, encouraging preservation

what is the conflict in the “stopping the plant” reading

debate if a cement plant should be implemented to restore economic disparity

• increase tourism, balance economy

• however, plant would bring overall wellbeing of locals down

who is battling in the cement plant debate

pre vs. post industrialists

• pre = pro cement plant

• post = anti cement plant

what are the discourse perspectives of each side

pro plant

• banked on nostalgia (what the cement plant used to be)

• ran political campaigns

• lawn signs, posters

anti plant

• stated that the pros of the plant would only last a few years and that it would not create jobs

how is the economic impact of a new factory calculated

SLC’S DEIS and IMPLAN model analysis

who won the cement plant conflict

post industrialists (anti cement plant)

was the cement plant debate a sort of class struggle

yes — representative of a class struggle because the working class was hoping for more jobs with the plant, but the industrialists also profit from the plant opening regardless if jobs are available or not

what happened in hudson valley during the covid outbreak

people would flock there to escape

how many jobs would have been created by the new factory

1 job — the 130 jobs made available in greenport were not beneficial for those looking to enter the industry

• there were workers living in other areas who were already organized to transfer to take over most of the new job positions at the new factory