How Did The Slc Influence The Civil Rights Movement

Martin Luther King, along with other ministers and civil rights leaders founded the SCLC, while African American college students with the support of SCLC founded the SNCC. SCLC was viewed as the senior leaders of the civil rights movement, while the SNCC was viewed at as the youth movement for the civil rights movement. The philosophy of both organizations was non-violence. These actions were dependent on the black communities to wearing down the white community and particularly the businesses to the point where they pressured the white authorities for change. The non-violent movement was a tactic that puts pressure on the government to intervene. The SCLC used large marches, nonviolent protest, and demonstrations all over the south to help further their cause. I would say the most famous demonstration in the south was the boycott of the Montgomery bus system, this boycott caused the city to lose money on their public transportation system and ultimately led to the city giving in to the demands of the boycott and desegregating the buses. SNCC commonly used sit-ins methods, like the Nashville lunch counter sit-ins, to pressure the local businesses on desegregating and allowing African Americans to vote in hopes of forcing Congress to pass a voting rights …show more content…
The plan of using children may have been the key element to the success of the protest. When the nation saw the children in Birmingham being sprayed with fire hoses and being attacked by dogs, it brought on an entirely different view of the civil rights movement. The city negotiated with Martin Luther King by Hiring black workers, and also desegregate public accommodates. Bull Connor was finally removed from his office. Because of the protest during the civil rights movement, today Birmingham has a black mayor, William A. Bell,