Write a 2 page essay on KelleyLewis Chapter 4, and Kuhn.Download file to see previous pages... They used good tactics such as quiet strength and no violence, but some of them didn't basically work bec

Write a 2 page essay on KelleyLewis Chapter 4, and Kuhn.

They used good tactics such as quiet strength and no violence, but some of them didn't basically work because the general people were not ready to accept equality. They were also lucky to have such brave and courageous leaders as Fredrick Douglas, Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman. Another prominent name is of Martin Luther King Jr. He accomplished a lot but by the one the one thing that really made a difference was his arrest in 1960 due to the sit-in.

Few of the techniques used to overcome racism were quiet strength, meaning their silence would have to bring in results not shouting, yelling or arguing. There are many examples of this through out history. There was Rosa Parks who sat in the front of the bus as a silent protest against the segregated seating system. She did not use any violence, did not shout only sat in the front section of the bus. Another general move from the African American community was that they started to migrate to the Northern areas from the South. The general notion was that, "They did not expect that women would be vulnerable to rape and exploitation simply because they were black and defenseless.