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Sit-in
In1943 as a tactic to desegregate the Jack Spratt Coffee House in Chicago. It become common and powerful in this movement. They would sit in and protesters sat in a segregated public place such as a lunch counter refusing to leave until they were served. Siting. Fought strong reactions in some places. Most people who disagreed with these tactics would mock, beat or pour food on the protesters and most ended up arrested and sent to jail. -
Gandhi
In 1947 Gandhi navigated nonviolent ways to stop segregation and racial division. He was one of kings influencers. -
CORE and SNCC
In 1961 CORE and SNCC organized the freedom rides to test southern compliance with this ruling. It started when the ban on bus segregation started to include bus stations and restaurants. -
Integration of ole’ miss
Integration at “ole miss”
In 1961, James Meredith, an African American student at Jackson state college, applied for admission to the all-white university of Mississippi known as “ole miss” -
Martin Luther King JR
In 1963 king joined the reverend Fred shuttles-worth in a civil rights campaign in Birmingham Alabama the officers told them to end the march but when they didn’t king and others were arrested. While in jail king wrote a famous letter defending his tactics and timing. Once released they started again this time the police attacked the marchers with high pressure fire hoses, police dogs and clubs. Everything caught on camera ad the Americans around the country were horrified. -
The black Panther
Was a group that was formed in the 1960’s that thought the African Americans should run their own communities and were determined to get the ghettos back. They would protest and some times got in violent situations with the police.