christianity has the most followers (as of today)
but islam is the fastest growing
I may not be correct but I believe that Martin Luther King implied that if they were to protest with violent it would only result in more violence as a retaliation by the government. So by doing peaceful protest the government didnt have an actual solid reason to attack them, so when the government did enact violence on them it caught the attention of people around the world.
<span>The Mississippi River was an essential mode of trade and transportation for the South. Control of the river would be control of the items being shipped to the Confederacy. i hope this helped
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