Bibliograph

Martin Luther King Jr. and peaceful protest, Kelly Spence

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Label

Martin Luther King Jr. and peaceful protest, Kelly Spence

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Martin Luther King Jr. and peaceful protest

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Kelly Spence

Series statement

Primary sources of the civil rights movement

Summary

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 country's 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

Target audience

juvenile

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