The violence then came from perpetrators, from law enforcement and hate groups. The violence did not come from the protestors back in the ’60s. That’s one of the big differences and something I have not heard of being done with today’s protests.
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There were simulated beatings and acts of violence they had to go through in the training, with questions about … how they would react and how to protect themselves while the brutality was being inflicted. One Freedom Rider described how nonviolent civil rights protesters underwent training on how to respond when they were verbally abused or physically assaulted. So we knew where we were going, who was going, and what time.Ĭharles Black, member of the Atlanta Student Movement Our moves were very well planned, down to military precision. The biggest difference I think is the degree of planning and organizing that we did. NOW: Peaceful rallies and street protests with flashes of violence in places like Ferguson (2014), Baltimore (2015) and in numerous cities after the death of George Floyd THEN: A nonviolent, multi-pronged approach combining marches, rallies, Freedom Rides, sit-ins and congressional hearings Melba Pattillo Beals, one of the Little Rock Nine What’s different is the variety of people at those marches, and that is sweet sunshine from heaven to me … This is a wake-up call, and more people woke up this time than before.ĭr. You feel like the cross is a little lighter today because you see other people carrying the cross with you. We’ve been carrying this burden by ourselves, and you feel, they say, (like you are) carrying the cross. You’ve never seen as many white people marching (as now) – never in history. Kredelle Petway, one of the Freedom Riders In the 1960s much of it started on college campuses, and the adult participants were mostly clergy because those people had no fear and … could not be fired from their jobs.
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