MODULE FOURTEEN: 4/28-5/4: Disabilities Rights Movement, the Environment, and Power Movements
Section outline
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In our last module, we explored the many ways in which social, political, and legal changes were driven by activism and civil disobedience. These movements continued into the 1970s and evolved into power movements. By the 1970s, the younger generation was looking back at the last two decades with a weariness and rising hostile approach to continued massive resistance to change that punctuated the last decade with violence and loss. The young leaders of the 1970s were able to reflect on Civil Rights legislative progress but also painfully remember the loss of important leaders. There were questions to even the way in which new leadership should address federal and local institutions. The Vietnam War was ongoing and the militancy of leaders was reflected in the new types of resistance and civil disobedience used to push back against the pressures of an earlier era.
DON'T FORGET THAT YOUR RESEARCH PAPER IS DUE ON SUNDAY.
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We will watch a segment of this video in class.
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Please locate this brief video segment in Films on Demand if this link does not work.
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Power movements come in many forms. In this module, we have reviewed some of the various social movements that evolved and emerged during the 1970s. For our discussion, explain how your understanding of power movements has changed since reviewing this content. What common factors do you find within the various groups that are discussed this module?