In class we have been discussing different topics based around race and how things have changed, and how things haven’t changed compared to the past. Based on “March Book One and March Book Two” by John Lewis, Nate Powell, and Andrew Ayin I’m going to discuss three different forms of non-violent activisms, namely sit-ins, protest marches, and gospel songs. For each form of activism I’m going to identify its goal, different responses to it, assess its overall impact, and determine whether it was effective or not. Lastly, using current examples, I’m going to discuss whether each form of activism would be effective today or not.
Sit-ins are a non-violent way of shutting down an area that is unjust. In March Book One, the protesters even went so …show more content…
People still have sit-ins today and some examples of sit-ins in today’s society are ones such as the sit-in that go on in colleges around the world. Some specific examples of sit-ins that have occurred on colleges are: the growing number of students from Swathmore College who pledged that they wouldn’t donate to the school until the university’s board of managers decided to divest from fossil fuels (Fulton). Another example of where sit-ins were successful was at University of Mary Washington, where the students stayed for almost two weeks content for the reason of fossil fuel where one person said, “to accept the current fossil fuel paradigm we live under. Thank you for seizing the day, actualizing truth, and showing us what it means to care about one another” …show more content…
The responses they got to their singing was usually violent. Some responses they got to their singing while in jail were, “If you don’t quit singin’ them damn songs, I’m gonna take every last one-a-y’all’s mattresses!” (MB2: 103). The officers hated how the prisoners couldn’t be silenced even with taking one of the only things they had in the cell. As one of the prisoners stated in the book, “What they’re trying to do is take away your soul” (MB2: 103). Through all of the suffering and pain that the prisoners take, their souls remain theirs and with that they are able to remain until they are let out of jail. This is why I say that the gospel songs were very effective at the
Sit-ins are a non-violent way of shutting down an area that is unjust. In March Book One, the protesters even went so …show more content…
People still have sit-ins today and some examples of sit-ins in today’s society are ones such as the sit-in that go on in colleges around the world. Some specific examples of sit-ins that have occurred on colleges are: the growing number of students from Swathmore College who pledged that they wouldn’t donate to the school until the university’s board of managers decided to divest from fossil fuels (Fulton). Another example of where sit-ins were successful was at University of Mary Washington, where the students stayed for almost two weeks content for the reason of fossil fuel where one person said, “to accept the current fossil fuel paradigm we live under. Thank you for seizing the day, actualizing truth, and showing us what it means to care about one another” …show more content…
The responses they got to their singing was usually violent. Some responses they got to their singing while in jail were, “If you don’t quit singin’ them damn songs, I’m gonna take every last one-a-y’all’s mattresses!” (MB2: 103). The officers hated how the prisoners couldn’t be silenced even with taking one of the only things they had in the cell. As one of the prisoners stated in the book, “What they’re trying to do is take away your soul” (MB2: 103). Through all of the suffering and pain that the prisoners take, their souls remain theirs and with that they are able to remain until they are let out of jail. This is why I say that the gospel songs were very effective at the