Social Movements in the United States: Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter

Social Movements in the United States: Civil Rights to Black Lives Matter

Social movements have long been central forces shaping American society, functioning as collective responses to inequality, exclusion, and contested power structures. From the mid-twentieth-century Civil Rights Movement to the contemporary Black Lives Matter Movement, the struggle for racial justice in the United States reveals how oppressed groups mobilize resources, challenge hegemonic institutions, and reshape cultural … Read more

African American Experience in American Sociology: A Sociological Exploration

Social Mobility in America: Myth vs Reality

Introduction The African American experience holds a central place in the development of American sociology. From the legacies of slavery and racial segregation to ongoing struggles for civil rights, identity, and social justice, the African American journey has shaped how sociologists understand power, inequality, culture, resistance, and social change. Sociological theories, methods, and institutions in … Read more