Compare and contrast the nonviolent movement with the black power movement.

In the black power movement, the blacks tried to get their rights by asserting themselves. They decided that no one was going to take their rights away. They were going to go and get themselves. This often involved violence. When the media reported on this violence, it turned off many whites who otherwise would have been sympathetic to the blacks.

In the civil rights movement, they stresses nonviolence.They practiced civil disobedience. For instance, they would sit at lunch counters where they weren't allowed. When they violated these laws, the police would often arrest them or act violently toward them. However, they never resisted or fought back. When the media got pictures and videos of this, it got sympathy for the blacks and many sympathetic whites tried to get something done through the democratic process. This is why the civil rights movement was more successful.