Compare And Contrast Martin Luther King Lewis

Lewis was inspired to make a difference after hearing Martin Luther King Jr.’s sermon on the radio. He believed in this quote from the Bible: “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (2 Timothy 4:12 KJV). Lewis did not let anyone doubt his knowledge due to his youth. God uses young people like the members of SNCC to bring equality for all.Their goals similar to Lewis’ was to speed up the progress of civil rights. They wanted change fast but approached the issue the wrong way. These young members had the mentality of “fearless sacrifice”- sacrificing their lives for the benefit of the society as a whole. Lewis participated in “test sit-ins to test the local stores’ policies, establishing that they would not serve an interracial or all black group” (march one page 84). “Sit-in organizers believed that if the violence were only on the part of the white community, the world would see the righteousness of their cause” (http://www.ushistory.org/us/54d.asp) . SNCC wanted the world to support them in the cause of desegregation. This faction wanted fast change

SNCC was formed as the youth sub-group of the SCLC. Ella Baker whom was a SCLC representative invited the black college students who participated in the early 1960s sit ins to a meeting at Shaw University in North Carolina. These students decided to be independent from SCLC, and to combat the issue of prejudice with their own ideas and actions. They did not want an “overseer” group telling them what to do. Both factions favor boycotts and selective buying campaigns to pressure for desegregation. Boycotts make an impact on the society greatly. The amount of bus fares collected at each trip decreases because coloreds are walking and carpooling instead of riding the bus. The economic and social aspects of coloreds is what SNCC and SCLC used to combat