Survivors of the 1979 Greensboro Massacre: A study of the long term impact of protest movements on the political socialization of radical activists.
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Title
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Survivors of the 1979 Greensboro Massacre: A study of the long term impact of protest movements on the political socialization of radical activists.
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Identifier
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AAI9510632
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identifier
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9510632
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Creator
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Bermanzohn, Sally Avery.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Stanley Renshon
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Date
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1994
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Political Science, General | Sociology, Individual and Family Studies | History, Black
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Abstract
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How do events influence political learning of an individual who becomes a radical activist? Is the "identity" stage in adolescence and early adulthood an important period for political learning? How do families affect the socialization of radicals? Are the leftists carrying on a family tradition, rebelling against their parents, or incorporating some values and breaking with others? Can steps in a process of political learning for radical activists be identified?;This dissertation project examines the political socialization process of a group of radical activists, most of them communists, who were demonstrating against the Ku Klux Klan in 1979 in Greensboro, North Carolina, when a caravan of Klan and Nazis attacked them, killing 5 people and wounding 8. How did these individuals decide to become radical activists? Why did they develop communist politics? How did families and the experience of protest movement influence their politicization? What happened to idealistic visions and activist behavior after these activists were murderously attacked? Through in-depth interviews with 50 demonstrators, half white, half black, I trace their political socialization, including childhood in the segregated South, adolescence during the Civil Rights Movement, adult activism, the experience of a deadly assault, and finally, their political views and involvement today.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
