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The nonviolence philosophy was introduced into the civil rights movement by activst Dr. Martin Luther King; however, he adopted his philosophy from Indian Independence Activist Mahatma Ghandi. King studied Gandi's approach and applied his beliefs in America's struggle for equal rights. The application of this philosophy took more strength than violence, and King hoped would catch the attention of society to the blatant discrimination of African-Americans.
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Dr. Martin Luther
King (1929-1968) BIOGRAPHY MLK Timeline King's belief in Non-Violence "I have a Dream" speech FBI INTERVENTION |
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was created in 1957 by Dr. Martin Luther King as a forum for people to learn how to use non-violence techniques to gain equal rights. This organization trained people to face violence and arrests and not to react. The SCLC organized demostrations to protest segregation and discrimination laws. The SCLC even organized a youth group, Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (called "snic"), to train the next generation. The SCLC and SNCC were taught the " Six Principles Non-violence " and "Six Steps to Non-violence."
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One of the most famous non-violent protest
was the Montgomery Bus
Boycott
of 1955-1956 that erupted from the arrest of Alabama, NAACP secretary
. For approximately one year supporters did not ride public transportation.
If it took one year to get results, what does this say about their political
power in this time period? In 1960, the Supreme Court decided ( Boynton v. Virginia) to integrate public transportation and facitlities. This made segregation in public transportation and facilities |
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March on Washington this protest combined all races and heritages. The people wanted the government to pass a Civil Rights Act . |
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