[Answered] HIST410N Week 3 Course Project: Topic Selection

Introduction
You will work on a research project for the duration of this course that you will deliver as a presentation in Week 8. For this project, select a person whom you believe had significant influence (positive or negative) on a movement for social, economic, and/or political change in the 20th and 21st centuries. Explore and address the following in your project:

  • Summarize the person’s ideas.
  • How did the ideas or changes affect the establishment and status quo?
  • What was the context in which this person proposed ideas/change?
  • How did the government or the people respond to the ideas/change?
  • What sort of following or support did he/she have?
  • How have the ideas/actions of the person influenced contemporary cultures and ideas?

For the final presentation, make sure to go beyond the surface information and go into depth about the person you are researching.

 

Solution

One person I believe had a significant influence on a movement for social, economic, and/or political change in the 20th and 21st centuries is Martin Luther King Junior. Martin Luther King Junior was an African American minister and activist. He became the most outspoken and visible activist and leader within the civil rights movement community from 1955 to the day he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. His main idea revolved around the need to end discrimination and…………..please follow the link below to access the solution at $5