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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 "
Author: Lucas Morel, Constance Murray
Source: © edsitement.neh.gov
Found in: 10th Grade • 11th Grade • 12th Grade • 9th Grade • February • History

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