Civil Rights Act: Ended legal segregation E.g. ended the Jim Crow Laws. However, it didn't end social segregation so whilst in theory they were equal, they weren't.
Voting Rights Act: Ended segregation in the voting system. E.g. it removed the Grandfather clause and literary tests. Brought around through Selma campaign.
Failure in the North: Peaceful protest did not achieve much in the northern states. Peaceful protest was geographically limited, it couldn't achieve anything in the north because the issue was social segregation compared to legal segregation. E.g. Chicago campaign failed because King did not have a influence there, nobody wanted to put the money into black areas to improve housing and the riots against the protest were worse than some seen in the South.
Presedential Support: Peaceful protest helped improve the presidents opinion of black people. March on Washington - impressed both Kennedy and Johnson. It wasn't until King spoke out against the Vietnam war that Johnson stopped supporting King.
Unity of Movement: Peaceful protests gave the pressure groups of the time a focus and they could work together. E.g. March on Washington - several pressure groups attened: CORE SCLC NAACP etc. Not until 1965 did some groups radicalise e.g. CORE and SNCC. From this point, the movement didn't have any concrete successes.
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