Violence And Peaceful Protests In The 1960's

In every era of the world, people have been oppressed. It is human nature to always want the most power, so naturally, people who are subjugated will rise up and want independence. These movements can range from a sit-in all the way to a war. Whether a group uses violence or peace, each can be an effective method of change. However, the use of peaceful protests, like those advocated by Ghandi, will most successfully achieve natural rights and independence. In the 1960s, African Americans had no real rights. They weren't being recognized as equals, or even as human beings. They had no power in America. Finally, the African American society was done with segregation and a lower status than whites. They didn't want to be thought of as less anymore. Their beliefs were exactly what Ghandi thought. Ghandi thought that

This can be seen through the struggles of African Americans who worked to become equal to the rest of the United States population. By holding sit-ins, speeches, boycotts, and marches they worked peacefully to secure their rights while maintaining an ideology of "rooted in love." Another way that a group has received independence through a nonviolent, peaceful protest was the Indian independence movement against Britain. The people of India, including Ghandi, were oppressed through British rule in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This movement happened for over 90 total years. India was willing to wait many years before having independence because they wanted to protest in a passive way so that the least number of people would die. The leader of India's movement way a man named Ghandi. He is arguably the most influential civil rights leader in the history of the world. Ghandi said