Martin Luther King, Jr. and Nonviolent Resistance
Was King’s nonviolent resistance to segregation laws the best means of securing civil rights for black Americans in the 1960s?
Materials Needed: "Primary Resources: Birmingham's Racial Segregation Ordinances (1951)
""Letter to Martin Luther King from a Group of Clergymen"" (April 12, 1963)
Audio recording of Martin Luther King, Jr., ""I Have a Dream"" (August 28, 1963)
Martin Luther King, Jr., ""Letter from Birmingham Jail"" (April 16, 1963)
Photograph of fire hoses turned against Birmingham demonstrators
Joseph H. Jackson, ""Annual Address to the National Baptist Convention"" (September 10, 1964)
Photograph of voter registration in Mississippi
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Author: Lucas Morel, Constance Murray
Source: © edsitement.neh.gov
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