1. US political trends
... . Further, he had faith in a nonviolent approach based in solidarity of the community. If after a thorough examination of the facts of the effects of an unjust or immoral law, a community failed in negotiation with the majority, King advocated mass direct action to engage public opinion, especially the opinion of the majority. Nonviolent civil disobedience was the approach that, he felt, would bring about change and transformation in ... society. It was in his "Letter to Birmingham Jail" that he expressed this type of political action approach the most. This letter was response by King t...
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