Civil Rights Movement
Hailey Pettijohn
Throughout the years
Feature Article.
Another way that the African Americans and MLK used nonviolence to make a stand was during the marches from Selma to Montgomery. The people would walk from Selma to Montgomery to make a statement. The first march which happened March 7 was cut short due to the police standing at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Some of the people who were marching were severely beaten by the police. Even though the African Americans weren't violent at all yet they were still beaten.
Other ways that the Civil Rights Movement had successful tactics was during the March on Washington. There were around 200,000 blacks and whites who met at the Washington Monument. During this historical event MLK also gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The march was organized by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations. After the march the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the National Voting Rights Act of 1965 were passed.
There were many ways that the tactics and strategy's by Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X helped get rid of segregation and helped get African Americans more rights throughout the years t
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Selma to Montgomery Marches
March on Washington
- Little Rock Nine
- Birmingham, Alabama
- March on Washington
- 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
- Selma to Montgomery March
- CORE
- NAACP