Black Civil Rights
"Violence was more effective than non-violence in the struggle for Black civil rights in America."Black people were segregated all over the U.S., all the public facilities were segregated, including lunch counters, librairies, buses, swimmingpools. Most schools (almost every school) were segregated too. The blacks wanted to have civil rights. Black Americans were increasingly impatient at the lack of progress in obtaining their full civil rights. President Kennedy was accused of being too cautious and unwilling to upset the white southern politicians. The civil rights movement had started in the 1950s, gained strength in the 1960s. Martin Luther King leaded a lot of non-violent demonstrations of black unity and also white support to achieve their rights. But there where other black leaders too, such as Malcolm X. He said that Martin Luther King was too moderate and that violence was needed to confront white racism. Many young people were
Violence can be effective, but it also has a lot of disadvantages. Using violence you have immediate effect. When you don't use any violence, it will have effect only you'll have to wait longer. Non-violence has more effect, more advantages than disadvantages. But before you can see any effect you'll have to wait. Non-violence (talking) takes more time than violence. A disadvantage of pro-non-violence is that it takes very long before there is any effect. And another thing is that non-violence will be met by violence. Martin Luther King didn't want to use any violence, but still he was killed. Non-violence by blacks was met by white violence.
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Approximate Word count = 667
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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