In the 1950’s through the 1980’s, two events led to the change of society. These events were “The Sit In Movement” and Roe V. Wade. The Sit In Movement was a nonviolent protest that gained importance during the Civil rights Movements in America in the 1960s. Roe V. Wade was a supreme court case in the United States that was decided in 1973. The decision to legalize abortion or not remains one of the most disputable rulings in the history of the Supreme Court and is still questionable today.
On February 1st, 1960, four African American college students went up to a “whites only” lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina and asked for coffee. They’re services were refused, so they sat quietly while being targeted with threats to be served and treated like everyone else. …show more content…
In most of the Civil rights strategies fights, smoke bombs, and police brutality occurred so the Sit in organization was a way to protest peacefully without harm being done to the African American community. The movement aimed to bring attention to the wrong doings faced by African Americans and to push for equal rights. It is stated in the “New Civil Rights Movement” 54 d, “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 will curl up into a ball on the floor and take the punishment. When the local police came to arrest the demonstrators, another line of students would take the vacated seats.” CORE, the congress of racial equality formed the first freedom ride in 1961, to challenge local laws on segregation by riding interstate buses in the South in mixed racial groups. Many participants were arrested at bus stations and a bus in Anniston, Alabama, where a mob slashed their tires and set the bus on fire, attacking the riders. The success of the sit down protests led to the
On February 1st, 1960, four African American college students went up to a “whites only” lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina and asked for coffee. They’re services were refused, so they sat quietly while being targeted with threats to be served and treated like everyone else. …show more content…
In most of the Civil rights strategies fights, smoke bombs, and police brutality occurred so the Sit in organization was a way to protest peacefully without harm being done to the African American community. The movement aimed to bring attention to the wrong doings faced by African Americans and to push for equal rights. It is stated in the “New Civil Rights Movement” 54 d, “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 will curl up into a ball on the floor and take the punishment. When the local police came to arrest the demonstrators, another line of students would take the vacated seats.” CORE, the congress of racial equality formed the first freedom ride in 1961, to challenge local laws on segregation by riding interstate buses in the South in mixed racial groups. Many participants were arrested at bus stations and a bus in Anniston, Alabama, where a mob slashed their tires and set the bus on fire, attacking the riders. The success of the sit down protests led to the