for human rights in america. martin luther king s strategy of nonviolent direct action inspired a wave of young activists to take up the cause. king was able to energize young ministers, young students. he set a tone of let s come out of these cathedrals, let s come out of these offices, and let s do something in the streets. beginning in february 1960, in cities from greensboro to nashville, black students sat down at lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served. sit-ins introduced a new, more confrontational tactic to the movement that provoked white segregationists to violence. then in may of 1961,
african-american and the cause for human rights in america. martin luther king s strategy of nonviolent direct action inspired a wave of young activists to take up the cause. king was able to energize young ministers, young students. he set a tone of let s come out of these cathedrals, let s come out of these offices, and let s do something in the streets. beginning in february 1960, in cities from greensboro to nashville, black students sat down at lunch counters and refused to leave until they were served. sit-ins introduced a new, more confrontational tactic to the movement that provoked white segregationists to violence. then in may of 1961,
they were worried about russia. they were worried about the cold war, about the big game as they saw it, and they were afraid that the civil rights struggle would somehow distract or deflect from the main event. many are saying enough is enough. they want the president to take action against the brutal oppression that so many african-americans are forced to endure. in the south, blacks could not ride on the same buses, or at least at the front of the bus, with whites. so in late may of 1961 there were these young black and white students who decided that they were going to integrate the interstate bus system in america. they called themselves the freedom riders. they re going to challenge segregation in the south by riding through the most dangerous areas. passengers on one bus were attacked at the bus station in aniston.
so they didn t get the just terrible, terrible prejudice of southern whites against blacks. they were worried about russia. they were worried about the cold war, about the big game as they saw it, and they were afraid that the civil rights struggle would somehow distract or deflect from the main event. many are saying enough is enough. they want the president to take action against the brutal oppression that so many african-americans are forced to endure. in the south, blacks could not ride on the same buses, or at least at the front of the bus, with whites. so in late may of 1961 there were these young black and white students who decided that they were going to integrate the interstate bus system in america. they called themselves the freedom riders. they re going to challenge segregation in the south by riding through the most dangerous areas.
people who waited on tables. so they didn t get the just terrible, terrible prejudice of southern whites against blacks. they were worried about russia. they were worried about the cold war, about the big game as they saw it, and they were afraid that the civil rights struggle would somehow distract or deflect from the main event. many are saying enough is enough. they want the president to take action against the brutal oppression that so many african-americans are forced to endure. in the south, blacks could not ride on the same buses, or at least at the front of the bus, with whites. so in late may of 1961 there were these young black and white students who decided that they were going to integrate the interstate bus system in america. they called themselves the freedom riders. they re going to challenge segregation in the south by