Protest Against Racism

non-violent protests that caused the government to get into action as a result of failure of court

“The truth is you’re born a certain way and there’s some things you can change and some things you can’t” One of the many smart truthful things that Elizabeth Delany (Bessie) said. As Bessie and Sarah Delany (Sadie) grow up, the book Having our Say by Amy Hill Hearth and the two sisters follows every bit of the sisters lives through their own eyes just as they remembered it. As the two “colored” women are born and raised in the south they are raised on the campus of Saint Augustine’s school so they are well educated. Bessie and Sadie both had two very different ways of reacting to the racist treatment. Bessie would always make a stand and speak her mind, Sadie would sit back and ignore it or act like she didn’t know what to

The March on Washington was definitely a success because many people protested and gained victory so they gained their rights, especially African Americans.

Protests are a way that many citizens have historically exercised their right to freedom of speech and as to voice their opinions on current matters in the U.S. as well as other nations. Protests help the uninformed get informed on specific issues, and try to persuade fellow citizens. What were some of the effective aspects of the protests that were portrayed in “The Matrix”, “Battle in Seattle” as well as those in “The Letter from Birmingham Jail”? What were the downfalls? An effective protest is one where an advocated idea gets across to the intended audience. Peaceful protests tend to have a better outcome than those that lead to violence.

Most of the protests were peaceful, but there was one that led to violence. The rebels tried to take weapons from a federal arsenal causing the death of a few rebels. The government was unable to gather a militia to stop the rebellion. This was a direct demonstration of the weak government created by the Articles of Confederation (Impact). The errors of the Articles of Confederation were obvious and they needed to be amended.

The first protest was formed on April 18th, by residents of Baltimore, in front of the Western district police station; after Gray’s subsequent coma. After Gray’s death became public knowledge, further protests were organized, amid the police department of Baltimore’s inability to adequately explain the events following the arrest and the injuries that led to Gray’s untimely death. On the day of Gray’s funeral service, violence engulfed the streets of Baltimore. Spontaneous, violent protests began to occur after Gray’s service was held. What started as peaceful protests in the days that led up to Gray’s funeral developed into full blown riots. Rioters took part in looting local businesses, setting cars and buildings ablaze, and throwing rocks at police

It is through protest that the government is able to recognize what the people believe. Without this there would be no changes, no reconsideration, and no progress.

In 1965, there was nothing as dangerous as a nighttime protest in Alabama. Violence against Civil Right workers, marchers, peaceful protestors, could happen at anytime and the 500 people coming from the sanctuary of Zion United Methodist Church Feb. 18, 1965, were aware of it. Yet they

actions, lunch counter sit ins, marches on city hall, and a boycott of downtown retailers. On April 10 the

As the country was reeling from the loss of such a legendary president, the country was in a state of disarray. Rights as a whole were virtually non-existent. The country was extremely lacking in the health department. As a whole, the United States was losing people to poverty, it seemed, by the minute. Most importantly, however,

Police were there as enforcement to put a stop to the walkouts. The school board didn’t like the idea, and it took them 3 weeks to actually agree to meet with the student’s parents. Police then arrested thirteen young men and indicted them with conspiracy

Protests can start out peaceful but quickly turn violent. Though protests can be amazing and cause social change and change within the government they can also turn violent and leave behind a huge mess. An example of this is the Dakota Access Pipeline protest. It started out as a peaceful protest against the pipeline being built close to Native American land and along the way turned into a violent protest. Everything was going fine and as planned then things started going south. The sheriff’s office said, “According to numerous witnesses within five minutes the crowd of protesters, estimated to be a few hundred people became violent. They stampeded into the construction area with horses, dogs and vehicles” (Peralta). In this case, the protest

The people, of course, were not very happy and this caused many riots to start. The South had many business failures caused by these riots which also affected unemployment, tightening credit, racial tensions and a greater demands for the Government. The Democrats were in charge of all of this chaos because the Republicans became divided which helped the Democrats win control over the House of Representatives. With the railroad system expanding and not being profitable enough, the groundwork was laid for banks to start closing, people losing their jobs, and people starting riots. Business owner’s fearing the riots, only increased the violence that caused the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. The volume of destitute people soon overwhelmed the abilities of charities that were helping the people with no jobs to

Emotional contagion is the major factor for the number of protesters that joined in. Emotional contagion works like pass along readership in which the rumors or ideology get passed down from one human being to their social circle, with every individuals act as a medium of the ideology; once the story got told the content becomes more saucy(dramatic) and it could attracts more followers. When there are many people sharing the same ideology the group becomes very large and the hatred for the other side gets more intense. The group leader or the person who started the rumors then gain hegemony over the people and they can now easily persuade people to join the uprising. Emotional contagion could be implied to persuade a large group of people or invoke a protest. Democracy is a topic that every person in the nation give an importance to. Leaders or politicians will want to have more power and many of them were successful in doing so by using the emotional contagion and let the people literally fought for them while only think of creating

My belief on the way to end racism is this, I believe that the best way to end racism is to have every person that's racist, to become friends with someone with the race they don't like.