... segregation and discrimination. SCLC's motto was "to redeem the soul of America- that reflected both its Christian orientation and its commitment to nonviolence. According to John H. Cartwright, By protesting in a spirit of nonviolence, King insisted, and by demonstrating a willingness to suffer without striking back, blacks would defeat racism while at the same time educating whites in the error of their ... careful, organized plan. Montgomery Improvement Association leaders had learned from Bayard Rustin that Gandhi's technique of accepting punishment from one's opponents was an effec...

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... Crozer Theological Seminary, he studied theology, philosophy, ethics, the Social Gospel of Walter Rauschenbush, and the religious and social views of Reinhold Niebuhr. It was also during this time that King first learned of the nonviolent activism of Mohandas Gandhi. He was elected student body president, was valedictorian of his class, won a prize as outstanding student, and earned a fellowship ... was a compromise made and all participants with the exception of King were freed. King was held for being in violation of the terms of probation for and earlier traffic ticket. Sentenced to ...

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... back their access to the polling booth. There have been some white people who have been involved in the civil rights movement such as a man named John Brown. He led a slave revolt and was considered a fanatic by other whites and a martyr by the people whose cause he campaigned. 1 A ... that he had to do. With these actions he made it possible that the U.S. Supreme Court declared that laws requiring bus segregation was unconstitutional. King also summoned together a number of Black leaders in 1957 to lay down the groundwork for an organization, which is now known as the Southern ... Chri...

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... there is more power in socially organized masses on the march than in guns in the hands of a few desperate men."" King was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He was the youngest person to ever receive the award in its entire history. Tragically ... stated, "When a society has crippled some of its people, it has an obligation to provide the requisite crutches-. Both Farmer and King were essential individuals in the anti-segregation movement. Playing a very important role in the anti-segregation fight were protests. Mainly protests of a non-violent ... numbered two-hundred an...

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