PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1960S
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Violent protests
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Really loud protests
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Non-violent protests
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Violence when needed protests
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Detailed explanation-1: -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was best known for mobilizing large, nonviolent protests in places like Birmingham and Selma, aimed at moving the national conscience and pushing the federal government to support civil rights initiatives.
Detailed explanation-2: -With the goal of redeeming “the soul of America” through nonviolent resistance, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was established in 1957 to coordinate the action of local protest groups throughout the South (King, “Beyond Vietnam, ” 144).
Detailed explanation-3: -Under the direction of young leaders, like Tom Gaither and Dave Dennis, CORE’s Mississippi project worked within the same organizing tradition as SNCC. Both organizations focused on developing local leadership and building local movements through voter education and registration.
Detailed explanation-4: -With other Black church leaders in the South, King founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to mount nonviolent protests against racist Jim Crow laws.