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Entries Related to Nonviolence
April 17, 2008
at Oakton Community College in Skokie, Illinois.
October 23, 2008
Read a biographical essay on Martin Luther King, Jr., prepared by King Institute director Clayborne Carson and the Institute staff, extensively cross-referenced with links to the King Online Encyclopedia.
June 24, 2008
King’s "Letter From Birmingham City Jail," was written as a response to eight local white clergymen who had demanded an end to the nonviolent demonstrations for desegregation in restrooms, lunch counters and stores. It is now considered a classic of world literature. This student guide was created by Michael Wilson as part of his honors thesis while attending Stanford University.
November 26, 2007
Quotes taken from the speeches and publications of Martin Luther King, Jr.
March 16, 2008
King's impassioned address speaking out against the Vietnam War illustrates his commitment to nonviolence abroad as well as at home.
November 25, 2008
On 1 December 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This single act of nonviolent resistance sparked the Montgomery bus boycott.
March 04, 2008
King's first book gives an account of the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott and nonviolence's role in it.
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