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Article: Peaceful protesting during the civil rights movement.(Civil Rights Act of 1964)(Brief article)
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- New Moon
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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* Demonstrations in Washington, D.C.
In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped organize a civil-rights protest that took the form of a massive march on Washington, D.C. Although the march was gargantuan, the 200,000 protesters were nonviolent. Dr. King believed that peaceful protesting could effectively change policies.
* The Greensboro Sit-ins
In February of 1960, four Black men sat down to eat lunch at a Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. No one would serve them because they were sitting at a "Whites-only" counter. But instead of leaving, the men stayed until the store closed. Their presence and persistence was a protest to the ...