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[https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/27/us/king-center-mlk-nonviolence-strategy by Eliott C. McLaughlin 27/2/22 CNN] | [https://edition.cnn.com/2022/02/27/us/king-center-mlk-nonviolence-strategy by Eliott C. McLaughlin 27/2/22 CNN] | ||
The discipline made sense in the 1950s and 1960s when peaceful protesters were met by “Bull” Connor or Sheriff Jim Clark, who unleashed the full venom of law enforcement. Protesters’ nonviolent response to dogs, billy clubs and water cannons painted a necessary contrast for the North and the world: Here are the oppressors; there are the oppressed. | The discipline made sense in the 1950s and 1960s when peaceful protesters were met by “Bull” Connor or Sheriff Jim Clark, who unleashed the full venom of law enforcement. Protesters’ nonviolent response to dogs, billy clubs and water cannons painted a necessary contrast for the North and the world: Here are the oppressors; there are the oppressed. | ||
=====DR. KING STRESSES NONVIOLENCE ROLE; Tells Oslo Students Nations Should Try to ‘Sacrifice’ to Achieve World Peace===== | |||
[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/12/12/archives/dr-king-stresses-nonviolence-role-tells-oslo-students-nations.html by The New York Times] | |||
The Nobel Peace Prize winner, addressing students at Oslo University, said the “freedom movement is spreading in the [widest liberation in history.” In its vanguard, he said, is the spirit of nonviolence. | |||
