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C O U R S E
Narratives of Nonviolence in the American Civil Rights Movement
Bernard LaFayette, Emory University
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C O U R S E L E C T U R E Strategies of a Nonviolent Civil Rights Movement Notes taken on November 14, 2015 by Edward Tanguay |
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strategies of a civil rights movement
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an action taken for a civil rights cause has multiple purposes
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e.g. going to jail is a form of civil disobedience
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1. confronts and challenges the system which makes the laws
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2. helps individuals who are challenging the system
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strengthens their resolve
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shows a deep amount of commitment
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attract others to join the movement
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opportunity in jail to teach people about the movement
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needs many kinds of people
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those who will carry a sign
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those who will finance the movement
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those who will put their bodies in the movement
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church in Nashville
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Jim Lawson was training them
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told story of non-violence about Rev. Charles Billups
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was working in the coal mines in Birmingham
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demonstrated during the day
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work during the night
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some fellow workers recognized him in the demonstrations he took part in during the day
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decided they were going to beat him up when he came to work
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put him in the back of a car
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took him down the river road in rural areas of Birmingham
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threw rope up on tree to hang him
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older man told him to say his last prayers
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he started praying for his children
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then he went on and started praying for the men who were killing him
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asking that God provide for their children
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men told him to stop him praying in this way
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the men got into a quarrel
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all those with the cars left
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the older man who was left abandoned the idea of killing him
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white woman who owned the property arrived
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released Billups
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this is how he was saved
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this story teaches an example of effective nonviolence
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people have consciences
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even when they are showing the worst kind hate, ultimately love has the potential to prevail