Keeping the Faith or Pursuing the Good Life: A Study of the Consequences of Participation in the Civil Rights Movement.

Fendrich, James M.

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ERIC Number: EJ157870

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Publication Date: 1977

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Keeping the Faith or Pursuing the Good Life: A Study of the Consequences of Participation in the Civil Rights Movement

Fendrich, James M.

American Sociological Review, 42, 1, 144-57, Feb 77

Examines the long-range political consequences of the civil rights movement before 1965. Focusing on a group of activists who participated in demonstrations, a theoretical causal model is developed and tested using exogenous and intervening variables to explain adult radical political attitudes and leftist behavior. (Author/JM)

Descriptors: Activism, Civil Rights, College Students, Longitudinal Studies, Path Analysis, Political Attitudes, Racial Differences, Socioeconomic Influences, Statistical Analysis, Surveys

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