African American and Asian American Civil Rights activists understood the disadvantageous position in which they were. Therefore, the great majority of them were reluctant to utilize any form of force in order to conduct their activities. The greatest example of this is Marthin Luther King's Gandhi-styled non-violent activism, which was supported by his Christian beliefs as he was a Baptist Pastor. He would eventually win the Nobel peace price in 1964 for combating racial inequality through non-violent protest.
The first act that the parliament passed in an attempt to raise revenue by taxing the American colonists was the "stamp act" which was met with a great deal of resistance.
Islam was able to appeal to people of so many different cultures because it <span>was not pushed onto the people all at once and allowed their culture to remain.</span>
