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The Complexities of Nonviolence and the Civil Rights Movement
This chapter explores the complex strategy of nonviolence used by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement, discussing how it masked the disruptive nature of their actions and the paradoxical portrayal of the movement as saintly. It questions the attractiveness of a saintly movement and highlights the misconception of the movement's history in shaping and limiting contemporary protests.