"Days of non-violent protests culminated in the fall of communism in Czechoslovakia LUBOMIR KOTEK/Getty Images" via the BBC.
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In November of 1989, student protests in Czechoslovakia (modern day Czechia and Slovakia, which was one country at the time) grew in size and scope across the country. Soon, other Czechoslovaks joined the students in protesting the 41 years of single party rule under the Communist Party. Facing mounting pressures from the protests, as well as external pressure from the widespread anti-Communist movements across Eastern Europe in the late 1980s, the Czechoslovakians leaders resigned and a peaceful transition into a parliamentary government took place. It is called the Velvet Revolution because it was overwhelmingly nonviolent for such a large social change in such a short amount of time.
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