In the study reported here, the author had two objectives: (1) to test the relationship between racial attitudes toward Blacks and attitudes toward civil rights and (2) to find predictors of positive civil rights attitudes. Using multivariate regression modeling, the author finds that there is a positive relationship between racial attitudes toward Blacks and attitudes toward civil rights. The model also suggests a positive relationship between ideological proximity, or how close one feels to Blacks, and attitudes toward civil rights. In addition, the author finds that political party identification, age, education, gender, racial identification, and region of residence are all significant predictors of positive civil rights attitudes. The final model has an explained variance of 19%, thus calling for additional research in this area.
Balibar, E. (1991). Racism and nationalism. In E. Balibar & I. Wallerstein (Eds.), Race, nation, class: Ambiguous identities (chapter 3, pp. 37-67). London: Verso.
2.
Baltes, P. B., Reese, H. W., & Nesselroade, J. R. (1988). Introduction to research methods, life-span developmental psychology. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
3.
Bobo, L. (1997). The color line, the dilemma and the dream: Race relations in America at the close of the twentieth century. In J. Higham (Ed.), Civil rights and social wrongs: Black-White relations since World War II (pp. 31-55). University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press.
4.
Burstein,P. (1985). Discrimination,jobsandpolitics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
5.
Cohen, J., Cohen, P., West, S. G., & Aiken, L. S. (2003). Applied multiple regression/correlation analysis for the behavioral sciences (3rd ed.) Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
6.
Creswell, J. W. (1998). Qualitative inquiry and research design, choosing among five traditions. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
7.
Davis, J. A., Smith, T. W., & Marsden, P. V. (2002). United States General Social Survey 2002 [Computer file]. Chicago: National Opinion Research Center. Storrs: University of Connecticut, The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research.
8.
Dubin, J. A., & Rivers, D. (1990).Selection bias in linear regression, logit and probit models. In S. J. Long (Ed.), Modern methods of data analysis (pp. 410-443). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
9.
Freeman, J. (Ed.). (1983). Social movements of the sixties and seventies. New York:Longman
10.
Gamble,B. S. (1997).Puttingcivil rightsto a popularvote.American Journal of Political Science,1, 245-269.
11.
Gerth, H. H., & Mills, C. W. (Eds.). (1958). From Max Weber: Essays in sociology.New York: Oxford University Press.
12.
King, M. L., Jr. (2000).I've been to the mountaintop.In A kind of fire: Great speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Retrieved January 18, 2005, from www.stanford.edu/group/King/speeches/i've_been_to_the_mountaintop.html. (Original work published 1968)
13.
Klein, E. (1984). Gender politics. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
14.
Ladd, E. (1997).Media framingof the gendergap. In P. Norris (Ed.), Women, media and politics (pp. 113-130). New York: Oxford University Press.
15.
Morris, A. D. (1984). The origins of the civil rights movement: Black communities organizing for change. New York: Free Press.
16.
Morris, A. D. (1999). A retrospective on the civil rights movement: Political and intellectual landmarks.Annual Review of Sociology,5, 517-539.
17.
Morris, A. D., & Herring, C. (1987). Theory and research in social movements: A critical review.Annual Review of Political Science,2, 137-198.
18.
Morris, A. D., & McClurg, C. M. (Eds.). (1992). Frontiers in social movement theory.NewHaven, CT: Yale University Press.
19.
National Council of La Raza. (2001). Beyond the Census: Hispanics and an American agenda. Washington, DC: Author.
20.
Ognibene, E. R. (2001). Civil rights still “a dream deferred.” Peace Review,3, 209-217.
21.
Santoro, W. A. (2002). The civil rights movement's struggle for fair employment: A “dramatic events-conventional politics” model.Social Forces,1, 177-206.
22.
Schafer, J. L. (1997). Analysis of incomplete multivariate data. London: Chapman & Hall.
23.
Snijders, T., & Bosker, R. (1999). Multilevel analysis: An introductionto basic andadvanced multilevel modeling. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
24.
Sollors,W. (1996). Theories of ethnicity:A classical reader. New York:New York University Press.
25.
Suleiman, L. P. (2003). Beyond cultural competence: Language access and Latino civil rights.Child Welfare League of America,2, 185-200.
26.
Tate, K. (2003). Black faces in the mirror: African Americans and their representatives in the U.S. Congress. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
27.
U.S. Bureau of the Census. (2005).Geography and environment.In Statistical abstract of the United States: 2005 (p. 20-20). Washington, DC: Government Printing Office.
28.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2002). Policy guidance on the Title VI prohibition again national origin discrimination as it affects persons with limited English proficiency. Retrieved March 13, 2005, from http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/lep/
29.
Williams, Y. (2002).No haven: From civil rights to Black power in New Haven, Connecticut. The Black Scholar,1, 54-66.
