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Demonstrations, sit-ins, and marches, though more spectacular, are dwarfed by the enormous number of man-hours expended to register

millions, particularly in the South (King, 1968). (a) the need to develop Negro leadership; (b) the question of the c d t i o n s (if any) under which bloc voting is constructive; and (c) the issue of how best to deal with the mores of the dominant mte Society.

King, M.L., (1968). The role of the behavioral scientist in the civil rights movement. American Psychologist, 23, 180-186.
I. Abstract and Brief Introduction. Thesis. -The Occupy Wall Street Social Movement is in many ways different than the Civil Rights Movement. What is the purpose of looking at social movements? How do I plan to examine these movements? What are my major points and why should someone be interested in reading this paper? II. The history of social movements. What do they do? How do they work? Why might we need to examine and compare them? III. The Occupy Wall Street Protests. - Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Who composes the movement? Who benefits? Who suffers? What is their message? Aim? Ambition? What can we expect to happen? What are the potential pitfalls of the movement? Political? Social? When did it start? When will it end? Where did it start? Where has it gone? Where will the movement go in the future? Why is the movement important? Why are they protesting? Why should we look at the movement? How is the movement progressing? How is it being organized and sustained? How is it different than other social movements? How is it the same? How does it compare to the civil rights movement? IV. The Civil Rights movement. _ Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? Who started it and who joined in? What were they hoping to accomplish? What were the potential pitfalls, difficulties of the movement? When did it begin? End? Where did it start? Where did is spread, end up? Why did it begin? Why did it gain momentum? How did it work? How did they accomplish their goals? How did it become effective? How was it perceived by the world at that time and now? How does it compare to Occupy WS? V. Synthesis of ideas and conclusions. What are the most salient points? Recap on the main contrasts and similarities between them. Speculate on the impact of the

movements and how timing might be essential. Why and How did I come to my conclusions? VI. References and images?

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