<span>In his Nobel Acceptance Speech in 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. described passivity as sterile, effectively contrasting passivity with his preferred path of change- nonviolence. This made passivity seem like a failure, not bridging the gap between peoples but failing to engage anyone at all.</span>
Answer:
Civil rights activists believed that African Americans could use <em>non-violent protests and civil disobedience </em>to make sure they were treated fairly.
Explanation:
A set of social movements in US was The African-American Civil Rights Movement. Attaining equal rights for the people of Africa - America was their major goal. Since "African-American" term was not being used at their time and so it was said to be The Civil Rights Movement.
The usage of<em> non-violent protests and civil disobedienc</em>e made this movement as a very popular one. There was a refusal of following unequal laws in a peaceful manner was the main aim of this movement. The participants of this movement only followed protest marching, sit-ins and boycotting. Even when they were assaulted by white people supporting racism they did not fought with them in response. This movement was comprised of people who believed different things.
(answer from keziasynergy) she previously answered the same question a while back.
It is true that the Renaissance began in Italy spurring out of a movement known as Humanism, that preceded it.
