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Triggering Change: The Impact of Police Violence on Civil Rights Organizing in the 1960s Southeast Region
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Hallote, Rachel
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Spring 2025
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2025
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This paper explores the pivotal role of policing in the Southeastern United States during the 1960s and its direct influence on the rise and intensification of the Civil Rights Movement. The study examines how aggressive and often violent police actions/responses acted as a catalyst for civil rights activism. It analyzes the ways in which local and state law enforcement, often aligned with segregationist interests, used force, intimidation, and unjust arrests to suppress peaceful protest. These harsh responses, widely publicized through emerging media coverage, not only exposed systemic injustice to a national and global audience but also galvanized public support and increased pressure on federal institutions to enact change. By drawing a direct line between police conduct and the mobilization of civil rights efforts, this paper highlights how police violence inadvertently fueled one of the most transformative social movements in American history.
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