The Civil Society's Affect on African Americans Right to Vote "The Black Struggle for Equality"
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the Civil Society of the early part of the twentieth century and its affects on the African American community in gaining the right to vote. Many Political Scientists as well as African American studies researchers have all given a wide range of views as to who should take the credit for African Americans in gaining the right to vote. But the theory of this research is that the Civil Society of the early twentieth century was the most legitimate reason Blacks gained information the right to vote. In order to prove that, this study requires the support of factual information that was written about various organizations during that time period. This study also requires the analysis of influential leaders during this time frame that were apart of these elite organizations. The analysis will primarily focus on the contributions that these organizations made to the African American Community during the early part of the twentieth century. The argument that this research will defend is that the civil society that developed during the early part of the twentieth century affected the participation of African American in gaining the right to vote. With many of these organizations still in existence today, it is still in question, what are they doing now to maintain the freedom of Blacks as well as how are they still fighting this struggle for Black equality.
School:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department:
Political Science
Research Advisor:
Dianne Pinderhughes
Department of Research Advisor:
Political Science
Year of Publication:
2005