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Martin Luther King Jr.: Nonviolent Justice: 3 key ideas
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- IDEA 1 OF 3
Nonviolent direct action
King adapted Gandhian methods to the US civil rights struggle.
Peaceful protest exposed injustice and won public support.
- IDEA 2 OF 3
Unjust laws
He argued that people have a moral duty to disobey laws that degrade human dignity, openly and accepting the penalty.
- IDEA 3 OF 3
The beloved community
King's aim was reconciliation, not revenge.
Justice should end in friendship between former opponents.
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