African American Civil Rights Movements Non-Violence
In the 1960’s most African Americans (Blacks) were treated unfairly while entering white public areas (restaurants). When a black group of people or person entered a restaurant they could not sit at a counter where white waitresses were serving or they could not order.But if they did decide to order where that particular white person was serving at that, black person would not get there order because the white people never served African American people who sat at the white people’s counter.
Once on February 2nd 1960 a group of college students entered a white restaurant in
Greensboro, Mississippi. When these group of African American students entered and sat at an all white side of the restaurant they were not served. Then all of a sudden a group of white people came over to them and told them to get out of there seats and move to the black side of the restaurant. The group of African American students did not want to move out of there seats so they just stayed where they were at. When the group of kids decided to stay in there seats they got abused by the white people. This is a violation on the social injustice in what the white people did to the African Americans. This is a violation social injustice because it stopped African American people from not having the equal rights as white people in public areas (restaurants).
When other African Americans from other southern states had saw what happened to these college students they started the non-violence committee. This committee stated that African Americans shouldn’t carry on as the white people. This means they shouldn’t use violents as the answer. When they black people did this it showed the people all over the states how these poor black people were being treated and that these white people were animals the way they abused and beat on the blacks.
After the people watched what was going on they started having sympathy for these African American people. Even though the blacks were doing well by not reacting to the affects being brung against them they still didn’t react. This still didn’t cause the black people to lose there cool and react like the whites. They continued on with there sit-ins until the government realized that what was being done to the black race was not right. This is an example of the achievements for the black race.
African American Rights