After reading Henry David Thoreau's Essay on Civil Disobedience for the first time, he reread the essay several times. ... He believe that nonviolent resistance was the most potent weapon available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom. ... Yet, he felt that if he could do that, he could show them the power that nonviolent resistance could have as a tactical weapon for racism as well as discrimination in America. ...

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"This response to a published statement by eight fellow clergymen from Alabama (Bishop C. C. J. Carpenter, Bishop Joseph A. Durick, Rabbi Hilton L. Grafman, Bishop Paul Hardin, Bishop Holan B. Harmon, the Reverend George M. Murray, the Reverend Edward V. Ramage and the Reverend Earl Stallings) was c...

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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a preacher and the preeminent leader of a movement that continues to transform America and the world. ...

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