• skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    Martin Luther King Jr was able to succeed with his peaceful protests because the threat of Malcolm X was looming directly over his shoulder. One requires the other. Either of them alone would not have made nearly the progress they did.

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      7 days ago

      Ghandi was partly successful because of the British governments violence towards thier peaceful protests.