Many events happened during the Civil Rights Movement. Some of the events that occurred were Montgomery Bus Boycott, Desegregation at Little Rock, Sit in Protest, Freedom Rides, and the March on Washington. The Civil Rights Movement occurred during the late 1950s to the early 1960s. These protests used nonviolent resistance. Nonviolent resistance was that protesters could not resort to violence even when they were attacked. "Martin Luther King believed in the philosophy of nonviolent resistance and urged his followers to adopt nonviolent methods in their struggle. Protesters learned how to control their tempers under all circumstances and how to protect themselves from physical abuse without striking back". (A. Hart and E. Spangler, Pg.57). Martin Luther King called this confronting "the forces of hate with the power to love.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott occurred in 1955. On December 1, 1955 a black women named Rosa Park refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery Alabama city bus to a white passenger. The bus driver had her arrested. Many groups met up with each other to discuss about what happened to Rosa. "Martin Luther King Jr., fellow minister Ralph Abernathy and Alabama's state chairman of the NAACP called a public meeting. African Americans were urged to boycott the segregated city buses, and the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) was formed". (Martin Luther King, Jr. Pg. 1). The boycott lasted for 382 days. This caused the bus company to lose huge amount of money. The bus company discontinued segregated seats. "Segregated seating was discontinued and some African Americans were employed as bus drivers. When the U.S. Supreme court affirmed that the bus segregation laws of Montgomery were unconstitutional, the boycott ended in triumph for black dignity". (Martin Luther King, Jr. Pg. 1). The Montgomery Bus Boycott lasted almost a year in a half. .
Desegregation at Little Rock started in 1957. On May 17, 1954, the U.