While the non-violent movement for civil rights started in the 1950s, it was during the early sixties that non-violent techniques began to pay off. Civil rights activists and students across the South challenged segregation, and the relatively new technology of television allowed Americans to witness the often brutal response to these protests.The early 1960s was the best time for the early Civil Rights Movement. The efforts of civil rights activists began paying off as Presidents Kennedy andJohnson finally addressed the issue

Civil Rights Movement in the 1960's

JFK &LBJ consulting among each other

President Kennedy meets Martin Luther King, Jr.

Lyndon B Johnson