IN THIS LESSON

Students will explore the goals and rationale behind the philosophy of nonviolence as advocated by Civil Rights leaders and organizations, including James Lawson, Martin Luther King Jr., Diane Nash, Bayard Rustin, John Lewis, Ella Baker, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

The class will also examine the overall strategy of nonviolence by studying how it was applied during the Nashville student sit-ins to end segregation.

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