The civil rights movement had 2 kinds of acts. Violent acts and nonviolent acts. In 1963 Thomas Blanton bombed a African American church killing 4 people. This was an act of violence against the civil rights movement. It showed how many whites felt about this act. It got lots of recognition too. On the other hand, in 1955 Rosa Parks did a simple nonviolent act. She refused to give up her seat. She helped spark the civil rights movement. Shortly after her arrest there was a bus boycott which drained the buses of money. Because of the shortage of money bus seggregation laws were ebolished. In this act no one got hurt and it was quite peaceful. Both acts, violent and nonviolent, got huge recognition and played big parts in the civil rights movement. Rosa and Thomas showed how they felt about seggregation and played huge roles in this movement.
