... spirit is a continual reminder to oppressed people that it is possible to resist evil and yet not resort to violence."" (Martin Luther King Jr., www.stanford.edu) Gandhi addressed a letter to the Viceroy, Lord Irwin, informing him that unless Indian demands were met, he would be compelled to break the " ... is between cowardice and violence, it is better-as Gandhi said-to use violence, but there is another way."" (Martin Luther King Jr., www.stanford.edu) Since King believed that oppressed people have a moral obligation to resist any system that refuses to treat them as persons, he believ...

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... , was valedictorian of his class, won a prize as outstanding student, and earned a fellowship for graduate study. King was accepted for doctoral study at Yale, Boston University, and Edinburgh in Scotland. From his choices, he attended Boston University. As King pursued his graduate studies, he also sought a wife. Early in 1952 he met Coretta Scott, and aspiring singer. After completing his coursework, King ... a deranged black woman. Student activism provided the spark that gave new life to the Civil Rights Movement. On February 1, 1960, four students from North Carolina Agricultural an...

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... also that they should have more say in the issues that affected their lives-.24 A prime and initial example of these feelings are the events taking place at Berkeley University in 1964. University officials passed a new regulation that forbade students from using a popular sidewalk in front of the school to demonstrate political activities.25 Claiming that the ban was a restriction on free ... ...

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... the black church (Siebold 59). The son of a Baptist preacher, King was exposed to the style of the black church at a young age. Teachers at Crozer Theological Seminary and Boston University also influenced him heavily. Themes of King's sermons also related to the black church tradition (Siebold 60). The themes of King's sermons were often based on ideas of others. King ... equilibrium between the recognizable present and the anticipated future (Warren 117). Another figure King constructed his mental framework around was Mohandas K. Gandhi. After King heard Mordecai Johnson, president of...

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... in the issues that affected their lives - The flexing of these newfound muscles can be unmistakably seen through the events that took place at Berkeley. In 1964, officials at Berkeley University passed regulations that forbid the use of a popular sidewalk in front of school to protest. The students declared that the ban was withholding their right of free speech. Over a thousand ... ...

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