“Non-violent resistance to injustice was a good strategy for southern civil rights leaders.”
In the 1960s, African American students and protesters boycotted Woolworth’s drugstore in Greensboro. After this boycott, other stores were also boycotted. It caused many businesses to lose customers and tension, but didn't cause violence between the blacks and the whites.
The enrollment of James Meredith at University of Mississippi caused the white students to become very angry. On Sunday, September 30, 1962, white students burned cars and destroyed property. Two men were shot and killed on the same night. The ways to resist injustice cause more violence.
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