Stormy Sixties Dbq

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The stormy sixties was a time for transformation. All of the changes happened because of the new generation taking over. The new generation is also taking over now in 2018 as kids show their control by organizing marches such as the “March for Our Lives” for gun control. Children are very commanding and influential, and they do not and will not ever abandon their own country. Children were very important to the changes that occurred during the 1960’s First of all, the idea of religion and non-violence was very important to the protests. The protesters that struggled for civil rights and justice had been trained to be nonviolent. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) used their Judaic-Christian traditions to show the world who …show more content…

knew that it was time for the people to fight back, but fight back peacefully. He said that Justice too long, was Justice denied, which preordained that something had to be done now. Martin Luther King Jr. did everything for his people, even get arrested. However, when he did get arrested during a protest in Birmingham, he did not stop encouraging the rest of the demonstrators. In a letter to his people from jail, he confers about the major injustice that is happening in this part of the country, and he reassures them that with the help of the lord, justice will be established. (Document B). The thought of a major religious figure looking out for these people comforted them and offered them hope. Hope is a sturdy force that let these people continue on with their nonviolent demonstrations. Hope and training are what let people of the Greensboro sit-in endure the horrific experience that they had. (Document C). Sit-ins where another form of nonviolent protest that let the country know that these people were not going to give up. The people had to tolerate curses, ill-mannered remarks, vulgar comments, and even food being flung at them. Nevertheless, the point of this demonstration was to show the people who the violent ones were, by not fighting back no matter what transpires. In addition, they were not leaving until they were not deprived of the simple right of receiving service; which showed their perseverance. Religion assisted these people to stay at peace and center-minded. Religion was the change in the people that helped them persevere through the worst; for