There are many things to be said about peaceful resistance and how it has changed the world. It has taken many forms in the last century such as people fighting for equal treatment, education, and even the right to mourn. These protests have all positively impacted society. Up until 1965 African-Americans suffered from the oppression of the Jim Crow laws which enforced racial segregation between black and white people. “The broad category of Jim Crow laws includes the prohibition of interracial marriage and laws enforcing the "separate but equal" doctrine that prevented racial integration in public places, such as restaurants, and required racially segregated public schools.” (Reference) After the Jim Crow laws were peacefully resisted …show more content…
The school systems up until the 50’s were segregated and the schools for African Americans were much worse than the others. Their schools were very much underfunded, generally used abused hand-me-downs from the schools for whites (such as their books and desks) and were often not very well built buildings without heating or cooling which we all take for granted today. When the African Americans fought for equal education they took it all the way to the Supreme Court in a case called Brown vs. Board of Education. The case was so controversial that originally a decision was not reached in the allotted time and it had to be re-heard. This time Chief Justice Earl Warren brought the court together in a unanimous vote. “On May 14, 1954, he delivered the opinion of the Court, stating that "We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."” (US Government) This ended the segregation of public education and finally allowed African Americans to have the same opportunities as whites. This was an act of peaceful resistance because instead of getting violent they took it to the courts and fought that