Birmingham as a city for one of their segregation protests (Discovering 2). The widely publicized peaceful protest that turned into a site of horror helped create support for African Americans among northerners (Discovering). After the forming of the SCLC there was a formation of another organization named SNCC, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. This consisted of mostly students at black colleges and universities. One of the actions taken by the SNCC was on July 27, 1967 where they set out to protest in opposition to the Ku Klux Klan (Civil 148). These students also risked many of their lives at voting registrations drives in the South (Civil 91). A group named the CORE, Congress of Racial Equality, was another prestigious organization. They were the head leaders in what they call Freedom Rides. The success the CORE did achieve can be attributed to its early adoption of nonviolence as a strategy for achieving racial equality and to the dedication of its supporters (Civil 252). They could offer instruction and guidance to the new black activists that were interested in the Civil Rights Movement (Civil 253). The extraordinary commitment and courage of the CORE workers in the face of violence garnered a favorable response fir the groups protests from the American public (Discovering 2).Black activists and many of the organizations took action in achieving their goals. One of the most important events during the 1960s was the March on Washington. On August 28 more than two hundred thousand demonstrators listened to King give his I have a dream speech declaring his vision of equality (Discovering 4). This march was meant to lobby Congress for the passage of Kennedys civil rights proposal (Discovering 4). Sit-ins took place all over the south. After a student was refused service at a lunch counter in Greensboro, he came back the next day with three of his friends and sat until they were served (Internet). The stude...
