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On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an open letter to African-Americans and all Americans who care about the civil right movement. In order to defend the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism and respond to being called an outsider, King wrote his famous letter “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” So why the King’s letter is so powerful and convincing to the readers? Is it because of his identity of civil-rights leader and his credibility(ethos)? Is it by the reason of the argument

“A nonviolent revolution is a revolution using mostly campaigns of civil resistance, including various forms of nonviolent protest , to bring about the departure of governments seen as entrenched and authoritarian.”- Jazerra. The United States has been plungered into human desperation, relating to war and placidity, events such as the American and French revolution change also came political instability, violence, and calls for radical social change in France that frightened many Americans. With

violently resist, James L. Farmer Jr. , a Gandhi-influenced activist, saw the opportunity to hold these states accountable. To do so, Farmer, organizing what he came to call “Freedom Rides”, set out to train 12 volunteers along with himself in nonviolent protest to prepare the riders to ride through those stubborn states, in turn desegregating them . While acquiring his degree from Howard University, the college where he decided to co-found and Direct the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Farmer

the semester, it wasn’t until recent decades that active nonviolence has been used to respond to injustice. (Deats) In the late l980s, throughout Latin America, dictatorships fell one after the other. The story behind it much darker just like any nonviolent uprising, there were tortures and deaths. That did not stop the determination of unarmed people – students, mothers, workers, religious groups – persisting in their witness against oppression and injustice. (Deats) What was the problem and why was

the protesters conveyed that all rights are women’s rights, making the demonstration a successful act of civil disobedience. Although the Women’s March has yet to force the Congress to reform civil policy, the protest, along with all peaceful resistances, continue to positively impact free societies.

to seek the most effective way of changing the world. Whether it be through riots and rallies or peaceful marches and sit-ins, we seek to catch the attention of the public and share our cause in whichever way gains us the most support. Peaceful resistance has continuously proven to be an effective and positive way of sharing a group’s opinions and beliefs with the general public. From attacks on officials, to Union riots, to violent rallies, history has proven that these violent movements fail

Civil Disobedience (Positive?) Over the history of America’s society, civil disobedience has prospered through many events. Rather through Thoreau's protest against the Spanish-American War or Draft Resistance protesters burning their draft cards; peaceful resistance to law can be successful with civil disobedience, which, can prove to be a positive impact on society with the key factors of being civil and getting the public’s attention. For instance, Rosa Parks is a brilliant example of a positive

civil disobedience – refusal to follow laws as a way to form a peaceful political protest in order for change satyagraha – the Hindu term for the practice of nonviolent resistance, as advocated by Mohandas Gandhi; “hold fast to the truth” partition – the action of dividing a country by separating different areas of the government 1. Why were colonial elites just as likely to support imperialism as oppose it? Colonial elites were just as likely to support imperialism as to oppose it due to their

the Voting Rights Act of 1965. MLK believed in the concept of nonviolent resistance and its necessity in combatting social injustice. In the end, one could say his improvements dealing with segregation were monumentally important for the future of America. Sadly, King was

group of Africans, colored, and Indians. In the 1940s, Mandela became the leader of peaceful protests and armed resistance against the white minority’s oppressive regime in a racially divided South Africa. In 1950, the ANC adopted the African National Congress Youth League’s plan to achieve full citizenship for all South Africans through boycotts, strikes, civil disobedience and other nonviolent methods. In 1952, Mandela and another member of the ANC opened South Africa’s first black law firm, which offered