Martin Luther King Reflection Essay
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Was Martin Luther King's approach to gaining equal rights
effective? What methods did he use, and what methods competed with those
of King for the attention of Black activists and the American Public during
the 1950's and 1960's?
Martin Luther King Jr. Used a very effective, non-violent form of
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.... Ghandi
and Henry David Thoreau. King and his followers held sit-ins at lunch
counters and rode on segregated buses. Others in the country boycotted
discriminatory companies and their products, that practiced legal
segregation and discrimination. The largest ever non-violent protest in
Washington August 23, 1968, where 200,000 people attended. This was where
King gave his famous " I have a Dream " speech.
Although King insisted on nonviolent ways, violence persistently
occurred. Marchers ....
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