Protest

Today we explored the methodology of protest in some of the early stages of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's. We began by watching this VIDEO about the Nashville sit-ins of 1960 which, while reviewing some of the information we had already learned about Diane Nash, also provided more detailed information and imagery of what this form of nonviolent protest entailed. We then discussed sit-ins and freedom rides by sharing some of our ideas from our portfolios, trying to make conclusions about the effectiveness of non-violent protest.  We also tried to make comparisons between the sit-ins and freedom rides and the die-ins taking place today.  We finished class by reading excerpts from this ARTICLE by Howard Zinn about SNCC, again working to make connections by responding to the questions: What would your generation be called and what is your generation committed to?