any believe that the nationwide attention of the Brown v. Board of Education verdict and the subsequent integration of Central High School in Arkansas gave momentum to the civil rights struggle in the South. Now under the watchful eye of national media, the violence endorsed by many local southern governments began to paint a very negative image of America to the rest of the world.
             With the environment becoming riper for overt resistance, organizations such as The Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) gained national platforms. Founded in 1957 by the late Martin Luther King, Jr., The SCLC embraced the ideology of non-violent resistance. The SCLC began organizing sit-ins, boycotts, and protest marches throughout the South. Led by Dr. King, the SCLC organized the now famous Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott as well as the March on Washington.
             The organization was attractive to older Southern blacks because it offered a means of resisting racial discrimination peacefully and within the law. Protesters were often subjected to violence from white onlookers as well as police officers that often placed participants under arrest for inciting a riot even though the marches were peaceful.
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