revolutionary action movement (ram) - Michael Schwartz Library

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Therefore, the historical background presented in the introduction has a
direct correlation with the body of the material to be presented later .
study are :
Some of the factors the researcher will attempt to determine in the
1 . What produced the phenomenon or what was the dialectical
process that led to the origins of the organization
2 . Factors that led to the growth of the organization .
3 . Factors that led to the decline of the organization .
4 . What was the class composition of the membership of the
organization Did it change from origin to demise
5 . What was the age composition of the organization Did it
change in the growth/decline process
6 . What was the size of the membership of the organization from
its origin, apex and demise
7 . Usefulness of the organization as a model for the future
Within the context of dealing with RAM, an
urban revolutionary movement,
and the state's response to it, the researcher will analyze the
state's historical
response to other revolutionary movements in American
history .
Data Collection Methodology
Several research techniques will be utilized during the course of this
study .
Primary and secondary sources of historical data will be researched .
Internal and public documents of RAM will be examined . The researcher has
collected a complete set of RAM's public documents and a less complete set
of the organizations internal documents . In addition, newspaper accounts,
magazine reports and books dealing with the movement shall be researched .
As a participant observer, primary data of the research will be used . From
1963 to 1968, the researcher collected New York and Philadelph a newspaper