nonviolence

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A Time to break silence

the essential works of Martin Luther King, Jr. for students
2013
A collection for students of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most well-known and frequently taught works writings and speeches.

The Force born of truth

Mohandas Gandhi and the Salt March, India, 1930
2011

Nonviolent response to terrorism

2004
Offers an alternative approach to terrorism with nonviolent methods of resistence such as negotiations, mediations, and adjudication and discusses halting the arms trade and militarism, reducing the military, and stopping the arms flow to terrorists as a way of initiating global peace.

Gandhi, soldier of nonviolence

an introduction
1982
Presents the life of Mohandas K. Gandhi, especially highlighting the nonviolent means by which he worked out India's freedom from British rule.

Gandhi

his life, his struggles, his words
2010
Offers a brief look a the life and ideas of Mahatma Gandhi, who led a revolution of passive resistance in India that forced change, yet was in keeping with his Hindu beliefs.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

a picture story
1968
A picture biography of Martin Luther King stressing the childhood that influenced him to help African-Americans gain equal rights.

The power of nonviolence

writings by advocates of peace
2002
Presents over twenty chronologically arranged pacifist writings by such figures as Buddha, Henry David Thoreau, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Arundhati Roy.

After Gandhi

one hundred years of nonviolent resistance
2009
Details the history of the nonviolent resistance movement begun by Mohandas Gandhi and reveals how he and his followers used this technique to oust the British Empire from India. Examines how Gandhi's nonviolent legacy is used by current groups to promote social and political change around the world and highlights a variety of major events in which passive resistance has been used.

Martin Luther King Jr.

2005
Presents a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. and chronicles his life as the son of a Southern Baptist minister, his struggles with racial discrimination, and his fight for equality for African-Americans and all people of color.

Mahatma Gandhi

proponent of peace
2011
Chronicles the life of Mahatma Gandhi, describing his early years as a lawyer, his personal beliefs, his role in India's independence, and his impact on the world.

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