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Marches: walking through the streets for a specific right to be given to the black population. The March for Selma was for voting rights and cameras caught all of the violence on this "Bloody Sunday." The videos that were captured brought many more protesters to support the march. It was successful because the national attention pushed congress to change the bill as well as pressuring Johnson to pass the voting act.
Civil Disobedience: the nonviolent refusal to obey a law that the protester considers unjust. Specifically there were Freedom Riders who rode buses through the south to challenge the segregation. Their goals were to call attention to the south's refusal to abandon segregation as well as pressuring the government to enforce desegregation. Although JFK urged the Freedom Riders to stop, they refused until given equal treatment. It was successful because the three riders that were killed caused a mass of attention to this movement and helped with the pressure on the government to change the laws.
Violent Protests: The violent response to segregated businesses and unfair treatment. These violent groups were known as the "Black Panther Party" and most citizens called them "hoodlums." The Black Panthers burned down everything possible and stole items from stores hoping to get the government to enforce the laws put in place. Eventually President LBJ had a committee to research on why they were rioting. These riots and violent acts forced Johnson to push for more expectations that needed to be met. After lots of riots and speeches this movement became successful and came to an end.
Ten-point programThe Black Panther Party first publicized its original Ten-Point program on May 15, 1967, following the Sacramento action, in the second issue of the Black Panther newspaper. The original ten points of "What We Want Now!" follow:
Ten-point programThe Black Panther Party first publicized its original Ten-Point program on May 15, 1967, following the Sacramento action, in the second issue of the Black Panther newspaper. The original ten points of "What We Want Now!" follow:
- We want freedom. We want power to determine the destiny of our Black Community.
- We want full employment for our people.
- We want an end to the robbery by the white men of our Black Community.
- We want decent housing, fit for shelter of human beings.
- We want education for our people that exposes the true nature of this decadent American society. We want education that teaches us our true history and our role in the present day society.
- We want all Black men to be exempt from military service.
- We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of Black people.
- We want freedom for all Black men held in federal, state, county and city prisons and jails.
- We want all Black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer group or people from their Black Communities, as defined by the Constitution of the United States.
- We want land, bread, housing, education, clothing, justice and peace.
Above is a video that represents their faith and hope for what's to come.
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Youtube: "A Change is Gonna Come," "Sit-ins protest"