Research Paper

A large number of supporters of the Civil Rights Movement partook in different kinds of peaceful protests. One of the types of protest was marches. At those marches, the participants would be assaulted, wounded, and yelled at by angry onlookers of the protest (Ralph, “Home truths: Dr. King and the Chicago Freedom Movement”). During one protest, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit in the head with a rock: that is just one example of some of the things that would happen at those protests (Ralph, “Home truths: Dr. King and the Chicago Freedom Movement”). Other things that would happen would be the protesters getting beat up and getting, for example, broken noses, and wounds do severe that there would be blood streaming out of them (Ralph, “Home

A protest that had been scheduled three days earlier was planned for noon on Monday, May 4. The University had tried to ban the protest; they handed out 12,000 leaflets saying the event was cancelled. Even so and estimated 2000 to 3000 people gathered on the Commons. The rally began peacefully, the iron bell was rung (usually it was rung to signal victories in football games) and one speaker started to speak. At this point the National Guard chose to disperse the crowd, fearing that the situation might get out of hand and grow into another violent protest. Tear gas was again fired into the crowd but because of wind the gas had little effect on dispersing the students, some of the protesters picked up the tear gas canisters and threw them back at the Guard. Others were throwing rocks and shouting "Pigs off campus.

As a result, the national guard escorted them to the school. Racial slurs yelled, signs held up protesting the event and one student spat on by the people who disagreed. The students did not

On January 21, 2017, millions of women, and even some men, joined together in various cities to march for civil rights. According to the March on Washington’s official website, these people exerted their energy in union to inflict liberation, “joining in diversity to show our presence in numbers.” These citizens were unhappy with the acts and rhetoric of our current federal power holders, and they acted. People of all colors, genders, beliefs, and backgrounds joined together to uphold the rights for marginalized people. In fact, in the Women’s March’s mission they state, “defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us.” As Americans, these people had the right to protest and spread their beliefs, and generated a historic event. Therefore, peaceful resistance to laws is, in fact, an imperative aspect to a free

One of the most memorable marches in the three day span would be "March 7th, on a hot Sunday around 600 people started a march to the Edmund Pettus bridge" after many miles they came to a stop due to barricades and police officers. One of the organizers of the march at the time was known as John Lewis, "John told everyone to proceed and to not participate in the violence if met with it". The police officers then came at the protesters with pure rage throwing tear gas, beating and whipping people with clubs till they were unconscious or dead.

Exactly one minute and five seconds later, the troopers charged. The crowd was violently beaten with billy sticks and forced to inhale the toxic tear gas. The group attacking them did not show any pity as they repeatedly struck and pounded most of the nonviolent protesters as they attempted to scrambled away.

This was a very peaceful march that was caused by the Voting Rights Movement for African Americans in Selma. In Selma, African Americans made up more than half the population, but only a mere two percent were actual registered voters. Discrimination and intimidation tactics aimed at African American kept them from registering and voting. The demonstrators marched to demand fairness in voter registration. With over half the population of Selma being African American there is no reason or excuse besides ignorance for why only two percent had the right to vote. To give sort of a background to leading up to the march, in 1963 a group of community activists formed the "Dallas County Improvement Association" Dallas County being the actual county that Selma is in. With the goal of having "White" and "Colored" signs removed from public buildings, an investigation of police brutality against Africans Americans, and increased access to jobs and voter registration. Local officials ignored the Association 's concerns.

Hundreds of protesters were beaten and the crowd was tear- gassed. After the riot seven men were held responsible for the riots and imprisoned for their action and for not caring out peaceful assembly. (Whitney)

Kedhar’s paper proposes that symbols, gesture, and choreography used in the Ferguson protests are directly related to the way that black lives are view and treated by white authority. When an act of surrender can no longer protect, why not take the symbol and organize its brazenly non-aggressive demeanor to demonstrate the persistent reality of injustice?

In August 11-12th, there was a rally going on in Charlottesville, Virginia “Unite the Rally” was to oppose the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from Emancipation Park, and there were protesters that were involved in the rally from white supremacists, white nationalists, Neo- Confederates, Neo-Nazis and many militias. Some of the marchers chanted racist and anti-Semitic slogans, carried semi-automatic rifles, swastikas, Confederate flags, anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic  banners, and "Tump/Pence"

AntiFa... here we go. Before I start, I must identify each group of the protesters and counterprotesters at Charolettesville. On the right, we have the Ku Klux Klan, the Neo-Nazis, and (believe it or not) regular people who just wanted to express their belief of wanting to keep up the Robert E. Lee statue. On the left, we have Black Lives Matter, AntiFa, and some regular people who wanted to express their belief on taking the Robert E. Lee statue down. I am simply listing each group, I would like that to be know. Not all of these groups participated in the violence. But I will surely identify who did.

This is a program for the women's suffrage parade of 1913, organized by Alice Paul. Thousands of suffragists walked down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C. on March 3. Anti Suffragists showed up to the parade, they booed and threw things into the street. The parade ended in a chaotic mess however, it was still very successful. Parades are a public form of protest so they are a form of direct

They were quickly surrounded by FBI agents, U.S. marshals and the private "goon squad" of the man the protest was about, corrupt tribal Chairman Dick Wilson. Two Indians died (and a marshal was paralyzed) before it was over, after 71 days, and Wilson remained in place afterward. But you can see exhilaration in the earlier footage -- an Indian version of the generational shifts taking place elsewhere in the country -- as the protesters lay claim to forgotten roots and to new

On the afternoon of August 28, 1963 the famous voice of America spoke up. It was 52 years ago today that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his famous “ I Have A Dream” speech. He also did the march on washington or march for civil rights. The speech was delivered to about 250,000 people who came to Washington D.C. Of the estimated 250,000 people who attended the march, about 60,000 were white, people came from all over the country on this history changing day. There were ten speakers on the official program for the event of the Lincoln Memorial, all of them were men. There were no women speakers on the day of August 28, 1963.

As we have learned from our history as Black Americans, it is the “fear” that fades our power; whether real power or the perception of power. However, in the moment, those of us in attendance, it was the spirit of the moment that carried us. We could hear hundreds of thousands Black men chanting, “Long live the spirit of the Million Man March.” And, of course, it was hope that fueled the spirit. It was also “hope” that guided our camaraderie on the road during our travel to Washington, D.C. It was hope that keep the peace along the journey as hundreds of Black men met along the way in McDonalds and other fast foods restaurants along the way to Washington, D.C. In other words, it was the spirit of brotherhood that made people socialize and extend a helping hand along the