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Beyerlein, Kraig; Andrews, Kenneth T. – Social Forces, 2008
This article examines why some black Southerners but not others were politically active during the early stages of the civil rights movement. Using a survey of more than 600 black Southerners in 1961, we investigate whether perceptions about opportunity or threat, politicized social capital and individual orientations toward social change shaped…
Descriptors: African American Community, Civil Rights, Voting, Social Change