Martin Luther King Jr. and Peaceful Protest
Author | : Kelly Spence |
Publisher | : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2016-07-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781502618641 |
ISBN-13 | : 1502618648 |
Rating | : 4/5 (648 Downloads) |
Download or read book Martin Luther King Jr. and Peaceful Protest written by Kelly Spence and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Luther King Jr. followed the lead of Mahatma Gandhi and employed nonviolent civil disobedience to fight discrimination. His methods brought about some of the most effective civil rights legislation in our countrys history and earned him a Nobel Peace Prize. Those methods also brought criticism from whites who said he was pushing too fast, and from African Americans who advocated violence to speed up change.