In March, the Freedom Riders were trying to see the Ten Commandments movie in a theater that doesn’t allow black people in their theater. Anytime someone asks to purchase a ticket they are not allowed to and you see people talk about them while just standing in line. This goes against what the ten commandments actually ask of a person. The ninth commandment states “thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor” yet everyone in line to see the movie judges the black people just because they are black. It is hard to miss the irony of how the white people react and gossip about the protesters when they are supposed to be seeing a movie where one rule they are supposed to follow is to not judge the people around you or make assumptions and gossip. The movie follows Moses freeing his people from slavery and their oppression which is very similar to what the Freedom Riders are having to deal with. Yet white people are the ones who watch this movie and then leave and still treat black people horribly. 

Even though everyone who participated in the stand-ins were peaceful, police would show up and scream in their faces. This is similar to how cops dealt with protestors in the BLM movement. When they peacefully protested the police would still aggravate people and try to force them to leave. So much about what is being protested in March is the same as today’s BLM movement. In March they are protesting for abolishment of segregation in the south. The BLM protests are about the mistreatment of black people by the police and both involved peaceful protests that the police would always get in the way of. The people in both instances practice peaceful protests which is a constitutional right as stated by the First Amendment.