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?