My friends, if we are going to end the suffering, we must use the same people power that vanquished injustice in Montgomery, Sel
ma, and Birmingham. I have seen many boycotts succeed. Dr. King showed us the way with the bus boycott, and with our first boycott, we were able to get DDT, Aldrin, and Dieldrin banned in our first contracts with grape growers. The details in this passage send the message that:
The details in this passage send the message that nonviolent resistance is an important tool in the fight for positive change.
Explanation:
From the first sentence, you can see the speaker brought up the examples of peaceful nonviolent resistance movements led by Martin Luther King Jr. and how they were successful in helping the black people of the time defeat racial injustice.
The speaker also mentioned how effective their first boycott was in eliminating the insecticides from their first contracts with the grape growers.
nonviolent resistance is an important tool in the fight for positive change.
Explanation:
DDT, Aldrin and Dieldrin are pesticides used in agriculture that cause many health problems for the applicators and consumers of these agricultural producers.
In the text shown in the question above, we realize that the narrator wishes that these pesticides are no longer used among grape growers, that is, the narrator wants to cause a positive change in the production of grapes and for this reason, he is calling on the population to establish non-violent resistance. To show the effectiveness of nonviolent resistance he uses as an example, boycotts established in the past that have managed to trigger positive change in society.
