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How would you feel if you were treated differently because of your race?
Do you think it's fair to be separated by your color?
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Dr. Martin Luther King

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING

WHAT MADE NON-VIOLENCE WORK?
How would you feel if you were treated differently because of your race?
Do you think it's fair to be separated by your color?
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RESPECT FOR LAWS

  • Civil Disobedience
  • "We did it to bring the whole issue of racial injustice..."
  • The unfair laws
  • "We do not seek to remove this unjust system for ourselves alone...
  • ... for our white brothers as well."
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THE POSSIBILITY OF VIOLENCE

  • "We urged volunteers to give up any possible weapons..."
  • "I took part in the lunch counter sit-ins..."
  • Whites dumped condiments on people who believed in equality.
  • "Not so much as a toothpick."
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LEADERSHIP

  • Fight against the Jim Crow Laws with King
  • Dr. King will be there to help you.
  • "I would stay full time if it was one year, five, or ten years."
  • "March on Washington for jobs & freedom."
  • "I would extend an appeal for volunteers to serve in our non-violent army."
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WHAT MOTIVATED BLACKS TO PROTEST?

  • Jim Crow Laws
  • Supreme Court's Approval: Separated but Equal
  • "'Jim Crow' law passed by the last legislature."
  • "'For Whites' on one side, 'For Colored' on the other."
  • Hard to get jobs
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WHAT MADE NON-VIOLENCE WORK?

EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED WAS NECESSARY!

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