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    were a famous and revolutionary organization founded in California in the 1960’s‚ whose purpose was the protection and empowerment of the black race. Although most media attention focused around Martin Luther King Jr. as the leader of the Civil Rights movement during the 1960’s‚ Black Power groups like the Black Panthers‚ who disagreed with MLK’s ideology‚ also exerted influence‚ especially in poor black communities. "Founded in October 1967 in Oakland‚ California‚ by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

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    Sociological Perspectives - Family SOC 101 Allen Lipscomb February 28‚ 2010 Abstract Family can be defined in many ways through many different theories. Family can also be a main area of where socialization skills for individuals and society develop. The following will help in the explanation on how you can apply Functionalism‚ Conflict and Interactionism theories to family and society. Sociological Perspectives - Family Families‚ what is the term family? What does it mean? Who decides

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    As a sociologist‚ I would combine the three sociological perspectives to study religion within society. With this approach‚ I could explore the role of religion as a social institution that reinforces social norms using the functionalist perspective and‚ through symbolic interactionism‚ do a deeper analysis of personal meanings and beliefs people attach to their faith and beliefs. Additionally‚ conflict theory would give insights into the inequalities persistent in societies. Functionalism sees society

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    1. American Civil Rights Movement THE BLACKS 1865 and 1870 - Three Constitutional amendments: The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery‚ the Fourteenth Amendment gave blacks the rights of citizenship‚ and The Fifteenth Amendment gave them the right to vote. Until the modern civil rights movement (1950s) blacks were denied access to public places such as restaurants‚ hotels‚ theaters‚ and schools. There were separate facilities marked "colored only"‚ which was sanctioned by the courts. 1896

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    How the process and institution of marriage be viewed through the three sociological perspectives Through the symbolic internationalism perspective the constitution of marriage and the path to such establishment would be examined through a scope with less emotion but more specifically on the factors and the symbolic meaning of these in our everyday understanding. As symbolic internationalism centers its ideal on symbols (what we attach meaning to) and how an individual views the world and communicates

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    that all men are created equal’." -Martin Luther King Jr. The Civil Rights movement may have started out on a mission to improve the lives of the large population of African-Americans‚ but who would have guessed that King’s quest for racial integration would provoke the same quest for individual rights by another completely different group of people‚ this time the Gay and Lesbians of society. The quest for equal rights by people‚ who had unjustifiably been repressed for hundreds of years

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    three major sociological perspectives of functionalism‚ conflict theory‚ and symbolic interactionism. Identify which perspectives use a macrolevel or a microlevel of analysis. Some similarities between these sociological perspectives are that two of them work for the macro level perspective but there are some differences. The symbolic interactionism focuses in face-to-face interactions in small groups and it focuses on the microsociology analysis. The Functionalism perspective focuses on

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    Throughout history‚ civil disobedience has been the catalyst for change. Societies who have had oppressed people used civil disobedience to bring attention to the injustices they have suffered. Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society because it is plays on the conscience of the oppressors and makes it easy for people to stand up for their own rights. Martin Luther King Jr. is a prime example as to why peaceful resistance to laws has a positive effect on a free society. King

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    must be dealt with without moderation or patience such as alluded to in the Civil Rights Movement of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s era. We must continue to exercise our right of peaceful protest so as to make the general public and our representatives aware of the massive‚ and growing‚ discontent and distrust of the American government. The discontent of the American people concerning the presidency‚ minority and women’s rights‚ and immigration need to be addressed

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    On 1955‚ Dec 1st‚ Rosa Parks‚ a garment maker‚ aged 42 and born on Feb 4th‚ 1913‚ boarded a bus in Alabama behind the last row of the “white” section. Three stops later‚ the “white” section became full and therefore the driver ordered Rosa Parks and three other black passengers to move back. All the black passengers aside from Rosa Parks moved. Rosa Parks moved over to the window seat. The driver threatened Rosa Parks that he would bring in the police. The law had aforementioned that any black person

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