During the 1960s to be a black citizen in the U.S. took courage and an understanding that God wrote the law, no county or government. The legislated law at that time said that if your skin color was darker than white, there were many things you could not do. Today it is unfathomable to think that just a few decades ago you could be jailed for not sticking within the parameters that your race was assigned to here in the U.S. Change would need to be made, and it would come from the unlikeliest of activists. Young adults in their early 20s or teens (many even younger) stood up to the mainly older white, racist authority that sought to suppress the entire race.
Similarly to how communism fell in the 1980s in Europe and at Tiananmen Square, apartheid also would crumble in South Africa due to young men and women taking a stand. Those in Birmingham Alabama started this dauntless trend that became contagious. The first day the fire hoses, dogs, and clubs came pouring down on these activists in Birmingham, a masterpiece for media was created. In one block you could witness the horror of white, racist bigotry towards the nonviolent young blacks that would fill up newspapers across the country. This incredible stand for peace in the midst of violent hate would wake people up to what was going on around them. Although Martin Luther King Jr. only saw signs of the “promised land” he predicted his people would enter even though there was a good chance he would not be going with them.
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