Sitting for Freedom 
 A Collection of Civil Rights Lessons

Compiled by Rob Freeman, Julie Lee, Joe Volek, Gail Desler

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Martin Luther King

"Nonviolent resistance...is based on the conviction that the universe is on the side of justice."

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Dolores Huerta

I think we brought the world, the United States anyway, the whole idea of boycotting as a nonviolent tactic. I think we showed the world that nonviolence can work to make social change"

 

Cesar Chavez

"I am convinced that the truest act of courage...is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice."