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Civil Rights Movement

Non violence​

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  • Guiding philosophy of the early civil rights movement[9]
  • Believed in love and hating oppression, not the oppressor[9]
  • Key in keeping positive media attention by never giving the media evil acts to show.[9]

Nightly meetings​

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  • An early instance of civil disobedience[10]
  • Got lots of media attention[10]
  • Non Violent way of protest[10]
  • During the year they boycotted, nightly mass meetings took place at churches, providing a place to discuss logistics and keep morale.[10]
  • Bus Boycott even garnered support from some white people as their employees struggled to get to work.[10]

Media Coverage of the Death of Emmit Till​

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  • Emmit Till's body was widely published in newspapers after his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley held an open-casket funeral.[10]