discuss how social movements during the 20th century led to greater civil rights for african-americans. in your discussion consider important court cases and legislation related to the movement. what agents of socialization helped to shape american political perspectives in general, and specifically in regard to the civil rights movement? have we seen distinctive differences of opinion along sociodemographic lines? in general how have liberals and conservatives approached the civil rights movement? what role has the media played in shaping public opinion during the civil rights movment? what is the present state of the civil rights movement? do african-americans play significant role in presidential elecions? if so, how? your essay should address the preceding questions by incorporating, in detail, five of the concepts from the political concepts section. the key to the assignment is to demonstrate your mastery of the political concepts by incorporating them, in detail, into your examination of the topic. don''t become overly concerned with the topic to the detriment of a detailed discussion of the political concepts. choose five of the following political concepts: 1. social movement theories (social strain theory, resource mobilization theory, political process theory, or social-psychologcial), 2. plessy v. ferguson (1896) and brown v. board of education of topeka, kansas (1954), 3. civil rights act of 1964 and voting right act of 1965, 4. agents of socialization (primary, secondary and social class), 5. sociodemographic influences (age, education, income/class, region, race, ethnicity, and gender), 6. political ideology (liberalism versus conservatism), 7. media effects (educational, agenda-setting, framing and persuasion), 8. or presidential campaigns (general election and electoral college). the information inside the parentheses is meant to help you direct your analysis of that concept -- social movement theories, agents of socialization, sociodemographic influences, political ideology, media effects, partisanship or presidential campaigns. your task is to take the knowledge you gained from your reading of the course materials and the articles and analyze the topic through the perspective of five of the political concepts listed above. essays should be succinct, informative, coherent, and thoroughly based upon political analysis. remember the key to the assignment is to demonstrate your mastery of the political concepts by incorporating them, in detail, into your examination of the topic. don''t become overly concerned with the topic to the detriment of a detailed discussion of the political concepts. essays answers should be approximately two to three single-spaced pages in length -- about a 1000 to 1500 words. the text book is american government, political change and institutional development third edition. this paper is from chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 13. so this would need to be a reference. articles: lola alapo a rocky journey to desegregation: 50 years after landmark supreme court ruling, potholes still exist in path to parity in education. eric black electoral college is an invention of compromise. cnn narrow use of affirmative action preserved in college admissions. cnn the civil rights movement. richard allen greene affirmative action: history of controversy pbs affirmative action: history of controversy http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/timeline/building_01.html Jonathan Rieder Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.?