If nonviolence was the point of the civil rights movement, why was there so much violence? Protesters for the Civil Rights Movement made a difference without violence, despite malicious racists. In fact, most of the violence came from the prejudiced, such as what occurred during the Greensboro Lunch Counter Sit-Ins. Without receiving any savagery or brutality from African Americans, the Civil Rights cause was easy to be a part of. Although a great deal of violence during the Civil Rights Movement, the Lunch Counter Sit-Ins prove no violence was needed to make a stand.
Other protests were started to make a stand with no violence. These protests shaped the way of the Civil Rights Movement. One protest in particular, the Greensboro Lunch Counter …show more content…
They were not usually starting violence. The physical action between races didn’t alert the police. “Police arrived on the scene, but were unable to take action due to the lack of provocation.” (History.com) The violence of Black Americans would alert the police, however. The harassment of African Americans was endless. “Often the participants would be jeered and threatened by local customers. Sometimes they would be pelted with food or ketchup. Angry onlookers tried to provoke fights that never came. In the event of a physical attack, the student would curl up into a ball on the floor and take the punishment. Any violent reprisal would undermine the spirit of the sit-in. When the local police came to arrest the demonstrators, another line of students would take the vacated seats.” (ushistory.org) Black Americans had to take the torture to prevent arrest from defense. Examples of this include, “SIT-IN organizers believed that if the violence were only on the part of the white community, the world would see the righteousness of their cause.” (ushistory.org) Although it did not help a great deal, it prevented those for equality to change their minds. The white society wanted to know they were safe from African Americans, and with minimal violence, it was easier to do
Other protests were started to make a stand with no violence. These protests shaped the way of the Civil Rights Movement. One protest in particular, the Greensboro Lunch Counter …show more content…
They were not usually starting violence. The physical action between races didn’t alert the police. “Police arrived on the scene, but were unable to take action due to the lack of provocation.” (History.com) The violence of Black Americans would alert the police, however. The harassment of African Americans was endless. “Often the participants would be jeered and threatened by local customers. Sometimes they would be pelted with food or ketchup. Angry onlookers tried to provoke fights that never came. In the event of a physical attack, the student would curl up into a ball on the floor and take the punishment. Any violent reprisal would undermine the spirit of the sit-in. When the local police came to arrest the demonstrators, another line of students would take the vacated seats.” (ushistory.org) Black Americans had to take the torture to prevent arrest from defense. Examples of this include, “SIT-IN organizers believed that if the violence were only on the part of the white community, the world would see the righteousness of their cause.” (ushistory.org) Although it did not help a great deal, it prevented those for equality to change their minds. The white society wanted to know they were safe from African Americans, and with minimal violence, it was easier to do