Nonviolent resistance

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Vanthaline Chea Chea 1 Dr. Saliba ENG RWR 04 Dec. 2013 Non-violent Resistance There are three ways that oppressed people deal with their oppression. First is acquiescence. Second way is that oppressed people resort physical violence and corroding hatred. However, the third way is the way that Martin Luther suggests us to follow the most. It is nonviolent resistance. It is the way that opens to oppressed people in their quest for freedom. Nonviolence resistance is the practice of achieving goal by protesting with nonviolent. Nonviolence resistance can happen in many situations especially the unpleasant ones and it always lead us to the better. In 1955, Rosa Park, one of the African American ladies, had trouble keeping her seat on the bus. In Montgomery, Alabama, when a bus became full, the seats nearer the front were given to white passengers. It was against the law for her to refuse to give up her seat to a white man, and her subsequent arrest incited the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Martin Luther says that “Nonviolent resistance is not aimed against oppressors but again...

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