is not inaction. It is not discussion. It is not for the timid or weak… Non-violence is hard work. It is the willingness to sacrifice. It is the patience to win.” While confined in a jail cell in Birmingham, Alabama, Martin Luther King Jr. echoed Chavez’s sentiment when he responded to local clergymen. In their letter to King, the clergymen indicate that his actions were “unwise and untimely” (King, 1), a comment which further sparks King’s disappointment in the clergymen and in the majority…
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