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Dr. Martin Luther King's Nonviolent Movement

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About two centuries ago, an American polymath Henry Thoreau protested the Mexican-American War by refusing to pay government taxes and with his innovative essay,'Civil Disobedience'.Years later, Mohandas Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King both followed his lead in employing nonviolence as a way to protest the injustices of their time.Because of their recognition as great men and outcome of these great men efforts, I believe that nonviolent protest is the only way we can achieve reform concerning today's issues. For many years, Mohandas Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King as well as Henry Thoreau have been revered by many.King won a Nobel Peace Prize for his peaceful imperviousness to the racial partiality in America.Mohandas Gandhi was
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