Peaceful Protests

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Peaceful Protest
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
  - 1955-1956
    - desegregation on buses
  - Figures
    - MLK
      - peaceful - inspiration from gandhi
      - Founded SCLC
      - Launched his career
    - Rosa Parks
      - Sat on white seats on a bus december 1955
        sparked the campaign
  - Highlighted blacks ecomonic power
    - Bus revenue fell $250,000
  - demonstrated effectiveness of peaceful protest + legal action
  - 85% unity in black community
  - gained media attention
- Little Rock
  - 1954 Brown ruling
    - 9 black students tried to enroll in all white school
    - established segregation in school illegal
      - De jure change led to little de facto change
  - Figures
    - Eisenhower
      - Forced intervention
        sent national guard to protect students
        
        forced to defends the movement
    - Orval Faubus
      - Govenor of Arkansas
      - prevented students with white mob and national guard
        9 black students tried to enroll in all white school
      - closed all schools in little rock
        claimed desegregation would lead to racist violence
  - gained media attention
  - 1957
NAACP Browder v Gayle court case - successful
- demonstrated effectiveness of peaceful protest + legal action

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