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Powell, Brent – OAH Magazine of History, 1995
Maintains that Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr. fundamentally altered the tradition of protest and reform. Compares and contrasts the role of each man in U.S. social and constitutional history. Concludes that while Thoreau lacked the broad influence of King, his writings influenced both King and Mohandas Gandhi. (CFR)
Descriptors: Black Leadership, Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Kim, James S. – 1993
Students need to see past heroes as real people who struggled with ordinary problems in order to see the relevancy of studying history and to act practically upon the lessons that each leader teaches them. This study attempts to answer two questions relating to Martin Luther King, Jr.: (1) What do we teach our children about King? and (2) Can we…
Descriptors: Biographies, Black History, Black Leadership, Computer Assisted Instruction
Mayton, Daniel M., II; And Others – 1992
Individuals such as Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. successfully employed nonviolent strategies to attain significant political goals. Despite the implications of these achievements, psychologists rarely have studied predispositions to nonviolent behavior empirically. This study investigated the relationships among nonviolent…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Behavior, Behavior Problems