According to oxforddictionaries.com nonviolence is defined as the use of peaceful means, not force, to bring about political or social change. In both the film Selma and Book One and Two of March, nonviolence became an important tactic that was used during the Civil Rights Movement. It was applied to hopefully eradicate the evil that the African Americans faced: the evil of racism. In Panel Three on page 101 of March: Book One, John Lewis describes in a textbox how the protestors who went to sit-in at stores, like Kress’s, faced humiliation because of the way the whites treated them. In the panel, it shows a white man squeezing a bottle, that looks like ketchup, onto one of the protestors’ head. The protester does not fight back though
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In the speech balloon the police officers says, “take off your shoes. then take off all your clothing.” John Lewis states by that panel that “it was dehumanizing.” In Panel Four John Lewis continues to say, “as was our being forced to shave all of our facial hair as part of an effort to strip away our dignity.” Although the whites were not physically beating the African Americans like in the first example, they were psychologically dehumanizing the them by forcing them to take off all of their clothes and shave their facial hair. Once again, the African Americans remained nonviolent through this. They knew that they must remain nonviolent to prove their point that racism and violence towards African Americans was not …show more content…
Their plans changed however, when they got to the top of the bridge and they could see state troopers waiting towards the end of the bridge. Major Cloud shouted, “This is an unlawful assembly. You have two minutes to disperse. Go back to your church. This march will not continue.” John Lewis and Hosea Williams then ask if they can have a word with the Major, but instead the troopers put their gas masks on and the Major yells, “Troopers, advance!” and the troopers headed forth to attack the marchers. They beat the marchers with billy clubs and used tear gas, which resulted in many marchers dying, or having serious injuries. This march became known as Bloody Sunday. Even through all the beating and torture that the marchers received, they did not fight back. They stuck with their nonviolent tactic until the end. This march ended up getting televised and it opened the nation’s eyes that things needed to
In the speech balloon the police officers says, “take off your shoes. then take off all your clothing.” John Lewis states by that panel that “it was dehumanizing.” In Panel Four John Lewis continues to say, “as was our being forced to shave all of our facial hair as part of an effort to strip away our dignity.” Although the whites were not physically beating the African Americans like in the first example, they were psychologically dehumanizing the them by forcing them to take off all of their clothes and shave their facial hair. Once again, the African Americans remained nonviolent through this. They knew that they must remain nonviolent to prove their point that racism and violence towards African Americans was not …show more content…
Their plans changed however, when they got to the top of the bridge and they could see state troopers waiting towards the end of the bridge. Major Cloud shouted, “This is an unlawful assembly. You have two minutes to disperse. Go back to your church. This march will not continue.” John Lewis and Hosea Williams then ask if they can have a word with the Major, but instead the troopers put their gas masks on and the Major yells, “Troopers, advance!” and the troopers headed forth to attack the marchers. They beat the marchers with billy clubs and used tear gas, which resulted in many marchers dying, or having serious injuries. This march became known as Bloody Sunday. Even through all the beating and torture that the marchers received, they did not fight back. They stuck with their nonviolent tactic until the end. This march ended up getting televised and it opened the nation’s eyes that things needed to