Segregation was very hard for those of color to endure in the 1960s. Segregation was basically a white person making cruel comments to a black person or black people in general. Segregation wasn't just about making racist comments, it made people fight over small events that weren't worth fighting for. White people will even take black people to court just for having a nice car or even not addressing a white person as “sir” or “ma’am”. In court cases, no matter how simple the cases were, blacks would end up in prison or, even worse, receive the death penalty. Black people were not treated equally at all, they always had everything separated like fountains, shops, restaurants and even schools. Even though some whites didn't believe in segregation because they knew it wasn't right and they knew the true meaning of the everyday term "everyone should be treated equally." On the other hand, people of color also reacted to whites, but in the most non-violent ways to do so. One way was to plan marches around the city with signs that said “stop segregation” or “segregation is a crime.” In these marches many people of color would show how they felt about what and how white people were treating them at the time, but in the most non-violent way possible. Some white people also participated in these marches to also show their feelings about segregation and how wrong it was. The white people who participated in the marches were very brave to even dare to participate in one of the marches. Anything could have happened during the marches. At many marches people were killed in ambushes and even threatened on the sidelines. Many other things had happened during the segregation period such as strikes, pickets and sitting... middle of paper... I have to react, whatever the situation. Reacting doesn't always mean actually fighting; it means many things such as arguing with words or doing something to annoy someone or a group of people. The last resort of combat is actually fighting. Sit-ins that preach violence are not the answer to all your problems. Black people believed in themselves as they started sit-ins and worked hard for what they wanted and in a way they did. The fact is, if you work hard for what you want, you will get it and you will feel good about it. Black people never gave up while they wanted their rights and got them after a short period of time. The four men who started the sit ins were recognized as the bravest of the sit ins; they started a small conflict that turned into a big one that spread throughout the United States.