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Discussion 6
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s employed
various tactics to secure racial integration and justice in the United States. Nevertheless, nonviolent
civil disobedience appeared as one of the main forms of activity, but more radical action methods
also appeared.
The use of passive resistance measures like sit-down demonstrations, freedom rides, and
marches was useful in putting a spotlight on race problems across the nation. According to Lucas
(2022), such actions, which the anti-abortion opponents occasionally countered violently, served to
gain public sympathy and shift the perception. Civil disobedience peaceable protests with leaders
like Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped support laws like the Civil Rights Act of
1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
However, as Lucas explains in his master's thesis about the civil rights movement in the
United States of America (2022), these nonviolent actions made way for a revolutionary type of
violence that came with the Black Power movement. Critics of this approach were concerned that
nonviolent strategies were inadequate to challenge structural racism, so they resorted to applying
more aggressive measures.
These legislative achievements, therefore, had considerable implications. In another study,
Sanders and Bensel (2020) observe how the Voting Rights Act transformed Southern philanthropic
institutions, showing that the impact of the movement transcended mere suffrage reform. Yet,
blacks' fight for equal rights prevailed. More contemporary strategies are described by Foran, Kaba,
and Naples-Mitchell (2021), offering abolitionist frameworks for prosecutor mobilization. These are
the concerns that indicate that although the civil rights movement of the fifties and the sixties was
successful in addressing certain aspects of racial disparities, the problems are still persistent.
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Foran, R., Kaba, M., & Naples-Mitchell, K. (2021). Abolitionist principles for prosecutor
organizing: The article examined the origination and future developments of a particular
vehicle. Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties, 16(3), 496–536.
https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Foran-et-al.-Abolitionist-Principles-16-
Stan.-J.-C.R.-C.L.-496-2021.pdf
Lucas, D. (2022).C“We Just Came Apart”: Nonviolent actions of the civil rights movement and its
consequences for black power movement (Master’s thesis, Southern New Hampshire
University). https://www.proquest.com/openview/39d88164b4d426768aaed6cfa75de926/1?
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Sanders, M. E. & Bensel, R. F. (2020). The Disposition of Southern Welfare Systems after the
Voting Rights Act. InCDo Elections Matter?C(pp. 96-114). Routledge.
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315289373-6/impact-voting-
rights-act-southern-welfare-systems-elizabeth-sanders-richard-bensel
