For lack of a better term, the African-Americans of the time periods discussed this week simply resisted what discrimination was being laid upon them. They understood the gravity of the situation and the extent to which they were being demoted, and thus sought after different methods to express their discontent. Some, like Pauli Murray, took a direct and confrontational stance, performing a public display of insubordination that eventually led to her arrest, much like what Rosa Parks has become so widely known and revered for. Pauli stood up for what she believed to be just, and sent her message, suffering an arrest in the process. Others took a less head-on approach, attempting to cripple the very system that had allowed society to morph into
