[NO105] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (104 pages long!)

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Race part 1 martin luther king jr. Martin luther king jr. best known american for his efforts to fight racism and discrimination in the usa, what we call civil rights movement. Used civil disobedience to achieved political and civil change. Skipped grades in hs, never graduated and completed sociology at morthouse college (black uni in atlanta); doctorate in theology was obtained in boston university in 1955. He took a leading role in the montgomery bus boycott: protest against segregation by race. Rosa parks refused to listen to bus drivers demand and give bus seat to white person; was arrested and charged with violating segregation law. House was burnt and arrested for 2 weeks. If you have weapons, take them home; if you do not have them, please do not seek to get them. We cannot solve this problem through retaliatory violence. We must meet violence with nonviolence - mlk jr.