What Effects Did the Youth Have On the Civil Rights Boycotts?

 Our question is: What Effects Did the Youth Have On the Civil Rights Boycotts?  YOU Judge it!  What do you think the youth contributed?

 In Greensboro, North Carolina, on the first of February, a few African-American students refused to leave a Woolworth’s lunch counter when they were refused service. These actions sub-consciously changed the minds of others all across the southern United States. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee became on the campus of Shaw University, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC was invented to coordinate student boycotts all over the country. Written by Sam Weaver

 Meanwhile, across the country, in Mississippi, slowly the students began to revolt. Still, a full scale organized activity didn’t occur until 1964 (also known as Mississippi freedom summer) organized by the COFO (The Council of Federated Organizations). The Mississippi Freedom Summer (MFS) Program was designed to use college students to promote many civil rights activities. Some activities that the MFS program contributed to were; Teaching in Freedom Schools, canvassing communities for voter registration, and serving as interviewers. Written by Sam Weaver

The Seattle School Boycott African American history was not taught in public schools prior to the Seattle School Boycott because of the segregation that was in the public schools. On March 31 – April 1, 1996 students protested racial segregation in the Seattle public school system by attending “freedom schools” instead of Written by Carley Gerdes their normal public schools. In the “freedom schools” children were taught African American history. About 30% of the students that attended were white. That says that many white students and their parents were open- minded to the desegregation. On the first day of the boycott, there were 3,185 students absent from their normal schools and at the freedom schools. On the second day 3,918 students were absent. There were so many students involved that they became very crowded.

The Chicago School Boycott The Chicago Board of Education filed an injunction against numerous civil rights groups to prohibit a boycott African-American student protesting segregated, overcrowded schools and other areas of education, including the policies of the white school superintendent. Nevertheless, more than 100,000 black students violated the injunction by staying home June , 1965 to protest the renewal of a 4 year contract for Dr. Benny Willis, the white school superintendent. Written by Kiara Johnson

Conclusion Without the youth we think it would take much longer to desegregate schools and other segregated areas. Parents may have paid more attention if they heard what their children had to say about civil rights. They also may have supported civil rights when they really realized what was going on. Written By: Finn McGrady

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