Civil Disobedience: Islamic women's rights Some Islamic cultures who have extreme religious practices often promote unequal privileges to women in their particular societies. ... Through the civil disobedience teachings of Gandhi, MLKJ, and Sophacles's Antigone these societies women that want to protest can understand violence is never the answer.This can apply to today because in a protest violence can lead easily influenced people to hate that certain group. ... As well as, Non-violence. Non-violence is key because violence always leads to the same end; destruction and more violenc...

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King believed that if you wanted unity and peace among the races then you could not take the path of violence to achieve that. ... Personally I think that King was right to continue with a non-violence movement. ... King believes that even if these marches cause violence by the law enforcement and other racist that they should continue to get their message across. ... King uses any method even if it is considered radical or extreme to make a point yet keep your ethical standards. ...

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Being the industrial center of the South, it represented all that was extreme, vicious, and violent. ... One of them is to rise up against their oppressors with physical violence and corroding hatred. ... Violence isn't the way. ... However, he earned the nickname Bull because of his propensity for violence. ... He tells the leaders of the community that he wanted change but was unwilling to use violence because when violence is present there is an absence of love. ...

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His charismatic, non-violent leadership in the face of incarceration, disdain, hatred, and violence reflected his fiery determination and fierce belief in the rights of his people. ... He felt that the United States quickly resorted to violence to conquer and beat, rather than peacefully solve its problems. ... King's studies of Marxism somewhat opposed him to the idea of pure capitalism, as he believed it was a source of greed, violence and overwhelming poverty. ... His words, still very much relevant, haunt us even today: "When machines and computers, profit motives, and property right...

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The 1960's was a decade that changed the world. This decade was filled with countless important events that are still impacting us. The 60's saw everything from the election and assignation of the nation's first Catholic president, a divisive war with Vietnam, the space race which led to American as...

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Racism Towards African Americans Racism has been around for so long it has slowly become a tolerance for many African Americans. For many years after the Civil War, when blacks were set free, the black population was almost never treated equal until around the late nineteenth century. Tom Robins...

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King knew that the south had to change its mentality, but violence should not be used to cause the change. ... King's extreme dedication to equality quickly brought him notoriety, throughout the Southern States. ...

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The chaotic life that followed caused him to feel extreme hate for his fellow white Americans. ... Martin Luther King Jr. protested on the basis of non-violence, whereas Malcolm X preferred to use more forceful action. ...

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Throughout the fight to end segregation the philosophy of non-violence was very present in the actions of those who fought for integration. ... King speaks of taking the steps of self-purification by realizing the importance of what he and his followers are fighting for, but also the extreme courage and strength it will take. ...

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He said the that sight of, "people of all races, colors, from all over the world coming together as one,"" had an extreme impact on him. ... This idea is similar to King's in that it wanted it to be easier for blacks to vote, but it was still contradictory to Kings because he suggested that blacks use violence to make it easier. ...

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He said the that sight of, "people of all races, colors, from all over the world coming together as one,"" had an extreme impact on him. ... This idea is similar to King's in that it wanted it to be easier for blacks to vote, but it was still contradictory to Kings because he suggested that blacks use violence to make it easier. ...

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The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Civil Rights Movement Throughout its history the United States has wrestled with civil rights issues. Even at this country's birth, its Founding Fathers incorporated the Three-Fifths Compromise, ending a dispute over slaves" votes, into the United States" very Constitution. Since 1863, at least fifty-eight riots in America have been related to racism (Duncan 6). Winona LaDuke tells of more than 1,000 tailings and slag piles from uranium mines dumped in Native American Din land (3). "Nearby the land is the largest coal strip mine in the world, and some...

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