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Mar - Sim it & Diff r es

Directions: As you read additional texts during the March Unit, take notes on similarities and differences with March (Book 1 & Book 2). Do
the authors/speakers promote a similar message or a different message? In the table below, include quotes/evidence from the texts, along
with your own thoughts/analysis.

Tit of Tex (s) Aut /Spe Sim it to Mar Diff r es f o Mar

Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Supported nonviolence and - Worked with churches
love as a catalyst for change throughout the country
- Morals based on religion and - Talked about being an
justice extremist
- Went to jail during protests
and wouldn’t pay bail to be
released
- Worked with organizations to
further change
- Worked predominantly in the
South because of how severe
the problems were there
- Received public backlash for
protests (peaceful)

The Ballot or the Bullet Malcom X - Speaks about the black - Religion should be separated
struggle in america from the movement
- Poverty - Is ok with the use of violence
 - Unfair taxation
- Segregation is a reality that
black people have to work
against
- Speaks about black liberation
- Participated in many
marches/protests
- Has gone to jail because of
protests
Collected Works Mahatma Gandhi - Receive violence without the
need for revenge
- Use nonviolence as a catalyst
for change
- Violence + violence doesn’t
result in peace
- Violence creates more
problems than it solves
- Must train to practice
nonviolence
Collected Poems Langston Hughes - Speaking about the black
struggle in america
- Police brutality
- Economic oppression
- Voter suppression
- Speaking for the
common/wide range of people
I Have a Dream Martin Luther King, Jr. - Wants to integrate and
cooperate with their white
counterparts
- Nonviolent methods of protest
to achieve black nationalism
- Doesn’t want integration, just
for black communities to have
equal opportunities for
business and wealth
compared to white
communities
- Fights more for political
independence
- Violence is a result of an
atmosphere that encourages it,
so be sympathetic of those who
do practice it because they
have no other way to retaliate
- Violence is inevitable, people
can only choose the path of
less violence
- Uses metaphor to represent
oppression/violence
- Communication of these things
through writing/poetry
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- He’s is more conservative with
his wants
- Advocates for friendship with
white people more

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
*This chart will help you with your essay at the end of the unit.
only
- Supports the baptists church
and refers to religion in many
speeches
- Speaks about the black
struggle in america
- Poverty
- Lack of education
- Voting and taxation
fraud
- Attends many protests
Henry David Thoreau - Challenging the common - Doesn’t focus on the black
belief/ law/supreme power struggle in america, but about
- participate in democracy/ use overall oppression and
your voice to encourage change suppression of voices
- Constantly learn from all
different people/opinions to
decide upon a standpoint
- Laws that advocate for equality
- Emphasis on welfare and
discrimination
- Relates his teaching to religion