Greensboro sit-ins

anecdotes such as: the Greensboro sit-in, a phone theft, and The Twitter Revolution. Although Gladwell makes a good point in his claim about how personal connection plays a key role in activism, his claim about social media is not entirely true, in fact, social media is playing more of an impact in activism and has a better potential for strong personal connection or strong-tie than Gladwell thinks. The main anecdote Gladwell uses is the Greensboro sit-in during the 1960s, a sit-in that…

convince readers that social media is not as dangerous to the status quo as many are lead to believe. In the beginning of his essay, Gladwell alludes to the sit-in movement in Greensboro, North Carolina. The movement spread from just four young black college student to about seventy thousand students across the South. Gladwell stresses that these sit-ins occurred "without e-mail, texting, Facebook, or Twitter" (413). He then emphasizes that social media has "reinvented," not rekindled, social…

begins his article with a description of the Greensboro sit-ins of how a group of four college students grew to almost seventy thousand all “without email,…

the reason for sit-ins. If his emotions do not come out then his actions will result into violence (King 4). King is a highly appreciated activist for freedom and justice. “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is the most effective example of civil disobedience based on the fact that he demonstrated a nonviolent protest against segregation which caused a several people or groups across the country to stand up to injustice within the laws of the government. For example, the Greensboro sit-in, in the film…

One of the examples would be when he talked bout Greensboro sit-ins. Gladwell used an emotional appeal that made the reader feel and relate to the situation. Gladwell goes in depth about the greensboro sit-ins, which makes the readers feel in a certain patriotic way, and also leaves a sense of pride that such a big movement has happened without the use of social media, it also…

Johnson brought vastly different strengths to the presidency then Kennedy did. Johnson was the third consecutive president to enter without anyone business experience. Johnson fought in WWII and was the first congressmen to enlist in the armed services. Johnson also had many scandals both sexual and not. Johnson in a speech promised “upward to the Great Society”. The campaign of 1964 was merely a speed bump for Johnson on the highway to that Great Society. Running against Johnson was Berry…

then imprisoned and charged for violating a segregation law. This further originated in the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott and brought an early triumph for the Civil Rights development. Another example of non-violent direct action includes the Greensboro Sit-Ins which occurred on February 1st, 1960. On this date, the fight for civil rights began a new period because of four black students from North Carolina…

people were; Rosa Parks, Sit-ins, Birmingham Campaign, the Student Nonviolent coordinating Committee and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Rosa parks was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The Montgomery Bus Boycott began in 1955 when Parks boarded a bus on her way home from work. Inside the bus, all the seats designated for African Americans were taken so she sat on one of the seats that was reserved for whites. A white man boarded the bus and ordered Parks to move so he can sit. Parks…

being done towards them or people they care about. In the article titled “It was like a fever” written by Francesca Polletta they talk about various protest through time but, one seems to stick out in particular and that is the sit-ins done by college students in Greensboro, North Carolina. In the article they talk about this one so heavily because they say it was unplanned and “it was like a fever everyone wanted to go” this quote was so interesting because of their word choice. When comparing…

other civil activist groups, by helding sit-ins and freedom rites with SCLC and SNCC. After the incident of February 1, CORE would held protest segregation at bus terminals. Until the end of the 1960s, when CORE adopted a Black Nationalist Agenda, which advocated self determination and racial separation. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) strategy to nonviolent protest inspired other groups to confront segregation with “sit-in” at lunch counters, which later…