Martin Luther King Jr. and Nonviolence

A minister deeply connected to New England through earning his Ph.D. from Boston University, who led the modern civil rights movement to its peak by heading nonviolent resistance organizations. Influenced by Gandhi's philosophy, he spearheaded the Montgomery bus boycott and the March on Washington. Stirring the world with his "I Have a Dream" speech, he contributed to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and received the Nobel Peace Prize. He is a symbol of the human rights movement who resisted state surveillance and suppression during the Cold War and maintained an anti-Vietnam War stance.

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