They did many things in order to protest. They would go to bars that were only allowing white people, or they would blockade buses and ride in front even though they would have to ride in the back due to segregation. They would occupy streets and go for marches, or go for walks at parts of town that didn't want them and were unfriendly. <span />
The civil rights movement used many different techniques in order to challenge segregation. All of their techniques tended to be pacific, following the teachings of Martin Luther King Jr. of peaceful civil disobedience. One of the techniques they used was <u>protest marches</u>. Some examples of this were the Selma to Montgomery marches and the Birmingham Campaign. The movement also used <u>boycotts</u> in order to put pressure on society and lawmakers to change the laws. Finally, the movement often <u>refused to follow segregation laws</u>. By doing so, they expressed the belief that laws that are unjust do not have to be followed.
The black ships were given this name because the vessels were black as they were older and black smoke would rise from the coal-fired steam engines of the American ships.
