Introduction

Resistance to desegregation

Desegregation meant change, and many of the whites didnt want change. They liked the world the way it was, segregation and all. But with all the people boycotting for equality the whites knew soon their would be change so they decided to fight back.

In Washington D.C., Baltimore, and St. Louis, black and white students were finally getting

The Law enforcement, at the time of the protests, were not yet integrated and many of the police officers were racist and against segregation. So with clouded judgement, the law enforcement set to stop the protests. The way that Law enforcement stopped these non-violent protests included: tear gas, fire hose, vicious dogs, guns, and beatings.

The Violence found during the time of the Civil Rights Movement was not only from law enforcement, but also from regular people. The idea of integration with Black people was disgusting to white people and they decided that they would handle the problems themselves.

Because of this way of thinking, violence erupted between the two races. The whites beat and harrassed blacks that protested for equality, which enraged the Blacks giving them the fuel they needed to start figthing back. Racial violence erupted all over the towns, cities, and states. The creation of the Klu Klux Klan, led to the creation of the Black panthers. This led to battle, White power vs. Black Power.

Segregation worked the nerves of the black people. This led to the start of boycotts, marches and sit-ins. The first boycott happened after Rosa parks refused to give up her seat to a white person. She wasa arrested soon afterwards. But why should she have to give up her seat to a white person when she had been walking around all day. This arrest led to the bus boytcott that last for about two years.

Martin Luther King led many marches for civil rights. His most famous march was the March on Washington where he gave his most famous speech to all his followers. "I Have A Dream" is the speech Martin Luther gave on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. A few years later, Martin gave another speech called "I Have Been To The Mountaintop" which was his last speech before his assassination.

Sit-ins were a highly effective way to get people to see what the protesters stood for. The SNCC (Students Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) had many sit-ins in restaurants throughout the states. The sit-ins involved some students walking into a segregated restaurant, taking a seat at the counter and sitting there side by side. The students were black and white, symbolizing the integration that they were fighting for. Although the sit-ins were effectively they were also a big risk to the protesters who did them. People in the restaurants didnt want integration and so they tried to scare off the protesters or humiliate them into leaving. They would dump their food all over them, including milkshakes, hamburgers, hot soup and coffee.

Black Power v. White Power

Black Panthers v. Klu Klux Klan

After the fights began to break out all over the states, groups started to form. The whites that hated the blacks and what they were trying to achieve created a group called the Klu Klux Klan. They would come out late at night, wearing all white and beat any blacks that were found out at night. They would throw brick and rocks through windows and start fires in people's houses. They were all for White Power and supported it. They believe that the way things were [segregated] was how it was meant to be and they stood by that notion, right or wrong.

Because of the creation of the Klu Klux Klan, some black people figured that it wasn't right what they were doing. But they didnt want to follow Dr. Martin Luther King in his protest marches. They believed that we had the right to equality just as much as any other person. But they didnt want to walk out their problems. They wanted to fight back against the Klu Klux Klan, leading to the creation of The Black Panthers. The black panthers listened to Malcolm X and who he believed that we should fight for what we want done, that we need to protect ourselves against harm, which in this case was the Klu Klux Klan. They followed Malcolm X who soon afterwards started Black Power.