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Is it okay to fight violence with violence?. NO…. Gerensboro Sit-ins. Article: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-postwar/6014. Rosa Parks. It was against the law for her to refuse to give up her seat to a white man. Her arrest incited the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
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Gerensboro Sit-ins Article:http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-postwar/6014
Rosa Parks • It was against the law for her to refuse to give up her seat to a white man. • Her arrest incited the Montgomery Bus Boycott. • One year later, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a lower court's decision that made segregated seating unconstitutional.
March on Washington • >200,000 people gathered to demand equal rights for African Americans. • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech and roused a nation to action.
The Response Yes… Boston Tea Party
Yes… They wanted their freedom…
Other Wars • WWI • WWII http://www.army.mil/d-day/message.html
What about Bullies? • Casey Heynes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzrfjnLFS84
Is it Okay to fight violence with violence? • What do you think? • QUICK WRITE – 3 minutes