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Black Americans were non violent and violent group that fought their way to equal rights during this time. Martin Luther King fought to have blacks have equal rights during this time period. Another person that fought to have equal rights was Malcolm X. He fought to have similar rights as did Martin Luther King. The last example is the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This was started by Rosa Parks when she was arrested on the bus for not giving her bus seat to a white man because she believed that she shouldn't have to give up her seat because it was in the black section of the bus.