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The Power of Non-ViolenceFreedom Riders, Sit-ins, and Non-Violent Protest
“The courageous Freedom Riders won’t ever be the same,” wrote a newspaper journalist in 1961.
“They left Washington, D.C., in good spirits with high hopes in their
country and fellow men. But the beatings, the tensions, the shots, the
depth of the hating, the open lawlessness took its toll. It will be a
miracle if all their physical and psychological wounds ever heal. The
Deep South was that tough.”
What’s happening in this photo?Can you predict what happened before this?
What happened after?
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So…..could you still be a freedom rider?
Student Protests and Sit insSNCC- “Snick”Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Raleigh, NCCollege students on a
mission
Sit-insSat down at segregated
lunch counters and ask to be served.
Why could this be successful?
The Woolworth Lunch CounterWHEN: Feb. 1, 1960, WHO: Four students,
WHERE: Greensboro, NC
Students of the SNCC at NC Agricultural and Technical College staged a sit-in at a whites only counter in the Woolworth lunch counter
Little did they know, this would be the most famous sit-in in history.Televised for all to see—showed the struggle, intensity, and
force of the Civil Rights MovementReporters captured the violence and racism of white
reactions: beatings, slurs, pouring food on the students
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday
Plan to march fromSelma to Montgomery.
The first march: 600 people Over the Selma bridge… Led by SNCC and SCLC MLK Jr.
Sheriff orders males over 21 to report to be deputized.
Meet marchers—nightsticks, tear gas, men on horseback.
What do you see here?
What is significant about this picture?
Who looks the strongest in this
photo?
The Power in Non-Violence
FIRE HOSES ARE USED AS A WEAPON
What do we do?
The police are meant to be people that protect you…and they’re not…Who do you have left to turn to?How does this affect the Civil Rights
Movement?
Is nonviolent protest an effective means of a “fight”?