The turmoil also pushes people to work together peacefully rather bicker and divide. Martin Luther King Jr.’s bus boycott brought the black community together to form one unified force rather than various, disputing groups (“Martin”).
Martin Luther King Jr. organized Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which united black leaders from around the area to help other organizations (“Martin”).
Passive revolts cause people to look at protests as righteous rather than aggressive and results in a new perspective on both those objecting and those suppressing.
Police dogs and clubs often broke up the peaceful marches at Birmingham and the open barbarity towards pacifistic African Americans horrified the population. Eventually, the negative attention forced leaders to negotiate (“Martin”).
While being held in jail, Nelson Mandela, acquired countless followers. Upon his release, he received an abundance of welcomes from all people who heard about his peaceful protesting methods and justified cause (“Mandela”).
Mandela also traveled overseas to the United States in 1990 and accepted endless support and approval from the nation