Leadership of Civil Rights Movements

Coalitions throughout the history of America have been formed to challenge the systems of society (Walton, 82). In politics, groups organize themselves to support ideals and objectives they are striving to accomplish. Within these groups the majority overwhelms the views of minorities, and in the case of United States, ignores most minority groups. By forming coalitions, people who shared beliefs became stronger as a group than individuals. For any group to make progress or gain recognition …

…through social movements supported by some form of coalition (Walton, 82). Based history and the concept of Imperialism, the coalition based movements that are able to move through the peripheries of social-political decision making have the resources to affect change or at least gain attention in our government system. The leadership of these coalitions is the determining factor as to how each organization strives to make their message heard and their challenge of the norm felt.