There have been many great civil rights activists in our history, fighting against the oppression of blacks. I think Martin Luther King Jr. said it best in his essay “Three Ways of Responding to Oppression”. Mr. King believed the best defense and offense against oppression was the way of nonviolent resistance; “seeking to reconcile the truths of two opposites-acquiescence and violence-while avoiding the extremes and immoralities of both”. Mr. King stated that there are three …showed first 75 words of 619 total…

…showed last 75 words of 619 total…civil rights activist, and who strongly believed in fighting oppression in a nonviolent manner, died in such a tragic, violent way; all in the name of equality. I believe that his method of fighting oppression in a nonviolent manner was the best method because the long-term goal was to achieve equality for blacks, and eventually peace. If this battle were fought in a violent manner, the outcome of peace would have been pushed farther away