Since the beginning of slavery, African Americans never had any type of rights or freedom. During the Civil Rights era, many African American activist were murdered by the organizations like Klu Klux Klan and other individuals. These people were murdered for trying to change the unjustful laws that didn’t give them most of the rights that were given to the white community. While visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14 year old Emmett Till was brutally murdered for falsely accused of flirting with a white women four days earlier. His murderers took Emmett to the Tallahatchie River. The assailants then beat him to near death, gouged his eyes out, shot him in the head, tied the cotton gin to his neck with barbed wire and threw the corps of Emmett
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Martin Luther King jr..King was the figurehead of the non violence path during the Civil Rights Movement. Many people used this form of protest to exert their message. In document two, the African American community had provided rides for 10 cents so that the black people wouldn’t use the city bus. “ A carpool organized by boycotters during the Montgomery bus boycott, provided rides for African Americans. Car owners volunteered their vehicles, and many black taxi drivers charged 10 cents.” The boycotters had already planned out everything out in advance so they can protest against the bus company. Another form of nonviolent protest was used in document 4. During the 1958s, many dinners allowed black customers to order food to go from the lunch counter, but could not sit and eat. So, one evening in 1958, a group of African Americans in Wichita quietly entered Dockum’s and sat down. This lasted from July 19 to August 11. “Nearly a month after the sit-in began, the owner gave in. He came to the door and he looked directly to his manager and said ‘serve them- I’m losing too much money.’ All Dockum’s were soon desegregated.”.After the boycott, the dinner began to serve all of its customers. The boycott was effective to the point where the owner gave up and began to serve the black customers..Many people supported nonviolence due to it being the safest way to protest. But, many people began to follow the belief of Malcolm X and direct
Martin Luther King jr..King was the figurehead of the non violence path during the Civil Rights Movement. Many people used this form of protest to exert their message. In document two, the African American community had provided rides for 10 cents so that the black people wouldn’t use the city bus. “ A carpool organized by boycotters during the Montgomery bus boycott, provided rides for African Americans. Car owners volunteered their vehicles, and many black taxi drivers charged 10 cents.” The boycotters had already planned out everything out in advance so they can protest against the bus company. Another form of nonviolent protest was used in document 4. During the 1958s, many dinners allowed black customers to order food to go from the lunch counter, but could not sit and eat. So, one evening in 1958, a group of African Americans in Wichita quietly entered Dockum’s and sat down. This lasted from July 19 to August 11. “Nearly a month after the sit-in began, the owner gave in. He came to the door and he looked directly to his manager and said ‘serve them- I’m losing too much money.’ All Dockum’s were soon desegregated.”.After the boycott, the dinner began to serve all of its customers. The boycott was effective to the point where the owner gave up and began to serve the black customers..Many people supported nonviolence due to it being the safest way to protest. But, many people began to follow the belief of Malcolm X and direct