Type
Text
Type
Dissertation
Advisor
Miller, Wilbur | Sellers, Christopher | Chronopoulos, Themis | Hurley, Andrew.
Date
2011-12-01
Keywords
History--Black history--History of education | Civil Rights Activism, Environmental Activism, High School Activism, Social Movements, Urban History, Youth Activism
Department
Department of History
Language
en_US
Source
This work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/11401/71166
Publisher
The Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
Format
application/pdf
Abstract
This dissertation highlights the contributions of high school student activists in both the Civil Rights and Environmental Movements of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Through an in-depth analysis of various New York City and Long Island community case studies, the project sheds light on the importance of place as a theoretical concept in the evolution of student-led social and political activism. The project illustrates how student involvement in both the Civil Rights and Environmental Movements did or did not manifest in two contrasting suburban and urban settings. Moreover, it highlights how place as a construct in and of itself influenced students' participation in both movement types in the post World War II era. Key to this analysis is an examination of not only geographic location and place specificity, but also the race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status of activist students. To contextualize these students' social and political activities, the project also examines the multiple influences within and outside of young activists' families, high schools, residential communities, as well as the local, state and national movements with which the students understood themselves to be associated. | 347 pages
Recommended Citation
Buffett, Neil Philip, "Black, White and Green: High School Student Civil Rights And Environmental Activism in New York City and on Long Island, 1968-1975" (2011). Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions). 373.
https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection/373