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    civil rights protest, preached the word of God, and was imprisoned. Dr. King advocates for nonviolent responses to injustice and believes that protestors must be willing to go to jail for what they believe in. In addition, Dr. King preaches that a violent response to unjust treatment is wrong and one should not practice it, a preaching that ultimately led to his death. Overall, Dr. King favored the use of nonviolent tactics over violent ones. Mohandas K. Gandhi was an African philosopher who was also

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    including America. Due to nonviolent resistance, individuals are able to diversify perspectives, preserve their integrity, and resist a pernicious self-satisfaction in a nation’s progress. Firstly, civil disobedience promotes the free exchange of ideas that a well-informed and

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    their combative tactics”(Don't Criticize Black Lives Matter for Provoking Violence. The Civil Rights Movement Did, Too). In this case, violence can be argued to be a crucial part of the movement’s purpose and success. The principal being heard in a resistance to laws is to get attention which can be done through media and

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    disobedience but be able to look at them   separately before putting them together. This report includes “On Nonviolent  Resistance” by Mohandas Gandhi, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther   King Jr., and the poem “Civil Disobedience” by Eric Cockrell. Just because the phrase    “Civil Disobedience” looks wrong and violent, looks can be deceiving. Civil disobedience, a nonviolent way to protest, is the best method people could've been   blessed with, but that's an opinion. Is segregation

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    them before you. I ask you to consider it from my point of view because if you approve of it, you will be enjoined to carry out all I say. It will be a great responsibility. There are people who ask me whether I think we will be successful in a nonviolent protest, or whether I am only dreaming. You are right in asking that question. Let me; however, hasten to assure you that happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do in harmony. I will not change any of my fundamental belief

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    2017.) This quote by nonviolent labor activist Cesar Chavez characterizes one of the many practical arguments for nonviolence: the success rate of nonviolent activism, which has been found to be significantly higher than for violent efforts, and that nonviolent movements that fail lead to a higher rate of success in the future. Although many countries and groups still choose violent methods, numerous studies and examples have demonstrated the practical advantages of nonviolent activism. First, studies

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    Gene Sharp’s understanding of the techniques of nonviolent actions is the most effective solution. He touches bases on three non-violence methods of actions that can be approached in his reading done in 1968. Gene Sharp was a theorist of non-violent actions. None violent actions lead to change in many situations whether people are being discriminated against or just want change. Gene Sharp teaches three class methods of non-violent actions; nonviolent protest, non-violent cooperation, and non-violent

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    Peaceful resistance to laws positively impacts a free society as long as the person is willing to take on the punishment. If you are resisting an unjust law, then in order for it to be effective no one must be harmed and the resistance must be organized and controlled. Peaceful resistance to laws has been more efficient in general in the history of the United States. If you look at the examples of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X when they were struggling for equal rights, Dr. King was much more

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    from Mahatma Gandhi. Therefore, nonviolent conflicts is to win over the opposing side by peruading them into agreeing on the subject that which the matter is presented. As a method of preforming a nonviolent conflict is that giving the opposing side to change their mind or have to give the protesters wants and needs. For nonviolents conflicts does not want the opposing side to suffer but, they want them to sweat in order to get what they want for the cause. Nonviolents shows that violents is nearly

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    Throughout history, violent reformation movements were traditionally used, but non-violence has been proven just as effective. Gandhi was one of the first to use peaceful resistance and civil disobedience to successfully change India. Civil Disobedience is the active refusal to obey laws set by the government with Nonviolent resistance and respectful disagreement. He used this concept to fight off not only the colonial rule but also racial discrimination and social divisions such as the untouchables

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