PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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It was too broad, trying to desegregate an entire town.
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it was too narrow, only trying to desegregate schools.
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civil rights leadership was not involved.
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there was so much violence there.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many leaders of the national Civil Rights Movement and the media considered the Albany Movement a failure because it did not achieve many concessions from the local government.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although the Albany Movement was successful in mobilizing massive protests during December 1961 and the following summer, it secured few concrete gains.
Detailed explanation-3: -King later said about the setbacks of the Albany Movement: The mistake I made there was to protest against segregation generally rather than against a single and distinct facet of it. Our protest was so vague that we got nothing, and the people were left very depressed and in despair.
Detailed explanation-4: -The newly formed Albany Movement organization harnessed the energy of students, whose sit-in arrests at segregated bus stations rallied Black adults to the cause.