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Why Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy of nonviolence matters now more than ever
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People wake up and choose violence every day. In many ways, it's human nature.

Bernice King says she hated White men. One man's gesture changed everything 03:09The Rev. William Barber is president of Repairers of the Breach, a nonprofit advancing an"agenda that uplifts our deepest constitutional and moral values of love, justice and mercy." The pandemic made his mission more urgent, as the widening gap between haves and have nots exposes a"scarcity of moral consciousness," he said.

Recording of early MLK 'dream' speech discovered 01:21Davis' tack is rooted in two Kingian principles: seeking understanding and defeating evil, not people. It was effective, Schoep explained, because"as far as being in the movement, no one ever leaves that life by getting punched in the face."MLK had a dream that one day "on the red hills of Georgia" the sons of slaves and slave owners would sit down together. Davis believes he's doing his part, he said.

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