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Expand class members' appreciation of the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A powerful resource examines King's speeches, writings, and actions that reveal his deep commitment to a nonviolent approach to Civil Rights. Learners watch a biographical video, analyze primary source documents, and research other leaders who chose nonviolence to achieve social justice.
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social justice, discrimination, segregation, civil rights, civil rights leaders, the civil rights movement, non-violence, non-violent protest, martin luther king jr., boycotts, the montgomery bus boycott, rosa parks, mahatma gandhi, i have a dream speech, the nobel peace prize, the civil rights act of 1964
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- Pair the lesson with the lesson from the same source on Malcolm X and ask class members to compare the philosophies and approaches of the two leaders
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- The lesson can be shared and assigned on Google Classroom
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- The lesson also looks at important but less well known events
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