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+. te te =n att Me fetiag up an Organtzation y ted ' ; 7 Citizgnship Education nd Voter Registration, olay The Workshop in Direct Action ‘ | 3 e a . - : | Diregt, Action Tactics : . ' . | ef yd eee ’ ‘61 7 ‘Peugler-Demonstation Opeatone ; fe : | 78 ge : fe “ 5 ee a ri Fae Bibtipgraphca Essay: a Oye . . Firat ten amendments to U. 8. Constitution, plus aa wae +, ws select ed criminal and civil statutes. oo 124" A MANUAL FOR DIRECT ACTION a +. Table of Contents | bo ta ry Ait Oe ard * WF riends Peace Committee |.” ‘ 1520 Race Street.) ee. ie Philadelphia, Pa. = °*. of 1964 a | INTRODUCTION This book is a rush job, like so many jobs in the civil rights direct action movement. It is written, however, so others will not have to rush quite so much, We put it together so you can have, in one place, information and alternatives on which you can base some of your thinking. It is not the Bible, however, and better things will come. As James Farmer has pointed out, we are in our infancy in nonviolent action. It may be that in the course of the revolution we will grow to maturity. We admit our shortcoming frankly because frankness is a virtue and because you will soon discover it anyway. Here, as in s0 many cases in the movement, virtue and practicality go together. There are people who do not believe in manuals, or in training, or in thinking ahead. They prefer to make all the mistakes for them- selves, This book is for those who care more about the success of their struggle than about their own painful learning-by-experience. What we have put down here has been gleaned from the experience of civil rights and other movements; it includes some of the ideas of those who have learned painful lessons and want others to profit by them. An important value of a manual! like this is that it promotes democracy. A leader who alone understands the dynamics of a struggle and the