SOC 134 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Montgomery Bus Boycott, Jim Crow Laws, Nonviolent Resistance
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Grandfather clause allowed descendants of white men prior to the 15th amendment vote (if white men were illiterate) National association for the advancement of colored people (naacp) Student non-violent resistance coordinating committee (sncc: montgomery bus boycott, (cid:862)sit-i(cid:374)s(cid:863) Kick started by rosa parks refusal to move on the bus. Required concentrated efforts, mostly coordinated by churches. Led to laws repealing segregation on public transit! Forced people to go against what they were inclined to do otherwise (which was to fight back) Mlk was a major proponent of non-viole(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d (cid:271)elieved ga(cid:374)dhi"s approach: countered mal(cid:272)o(cid:373) x"s sta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g. Civil rights members organized schools and workshops to teach nonviolence and activism: epti(cid:373)a clark is (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered the (cid:862)gra(cid:374)d(cid:373)other(cid:863) of the civil. Active non-violent resistance to evil: not seeking to defeat or humiliate opponents, but win their friendship, attack the forces of evil rather than the people who are being evil.
