Civil Rights Sit-Ins
The Civil Right Sit-Ins begins at the Chuch Street and the Sixth Avenue North and ends at Rosa L. Park Boulevard and Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Blvd. Dr. Linder Wyne writes and narrates this happening in Nashville and gives the details for the civil. The protest is involving the national students’ movements and National religious leadership. The main cause of the civil action is blacks’ racial segregation at the eating places in Green Pole of North Carolina (Wyne, Web page). All these leaders and civil rights activists came together to walk the talk in fighting for civil rights of the backs that were being infringed on.
It was a peaceful riot led by the National Citizens Movements from the south. Their main aim was to stop the racial segregation witnessed at the malls, where the blacks could not eat together with others. Instead, they were excluded from others and put in places where they felt isolated. Such actions had a dire influence on the social co-existence of the races. It was meant to establish that Africans are an inferior race and could not stand a chance to sit at the table with others. They implemented Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolent protest. Their main strategy was an economic boycott. They were not to buy from downtown to show the blacks’ muscle in buying and promoting trade.
Demonstrations were organized by HBC, Maher Medical College, and many more institutions of higher learning. And the coordination was done by the National Christian Leadership Council. It was led by John Luis, James Bevel, and Rev. Citi Vian. The demonstrations involved occupying places, boycotts, and peaceful assembly. They stayed in the places they occupied for a very long time (Colaiaco, 10). This mainly aimed to attract media and public attention. All that they called for was equal opportunity for all races in all sectors of life.
The demonstration resulted in negative impacts on them. For instance, they suffered humiliation, radicle by others who viewed them as busybodies. Some of them got arrested because of the demonstrations. They all suffered verbal and physical abuse, but they could not stop standing for equal rights. It could not come to an end before they have slewed the animal, racism that was casing a lot of trauma in the society at large (Nimtz, 15). Despite the challenges, such as verbal and physical abuse, they stood to their ground by not buying from the Downton until the matter was resolved. In the end, they succeeded. Their successful complaints become the models of the southern cities. That was demonstrated when all races were treated the same and could associate without restriction. Just as Martin Luther King Jnr dream alluded, judgment will not be passed regarding skin color but actions.
In conclusion, civil rights are at the core of society. Every person needs to cherish them, uplift them, and fight for them. It should be the responsibility of each person to keep an eye on anyone who tries to bring down the pillar of human rights. Therefore, it is a call to every living soul to walk the path of civil action and fight for civil rights. If that is said and done, then the tour can stop at Rosal. L Park Boulevard and Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Cited Work
Colaiaco, James A. Martin Luther King, Jr.: apostle of militant nonviolence. Springer, 1993.
Nimtz, August H. “Violence and/or Nonviolence in the Success of the Civil Rights Movement: The Malcolm X–Martin Luther King, Jr. Nexus.” New Political Science 38.1 (2016): 1-22.
Wyne, Linda. “Nashville Sites”. Nashvillesites.Org, 2020, https://nashvillesites.org/tours.