1. What does it mean to follow the philosophy of non-violent social change? 2. What are the similarities and differences the between the civil rights leaders: Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez?

3. What is "The Letter from Birmingham Jail"? What are the tenets of MLK's philosophy of violence?

1. Thus, for example, Tolstoyan and Gandhism non violence is both a philosophy and strategy for social change that rejects the use of violence, but at the same time it sees nonviolent action (also called civil resistance) as an alternative to passive acceptance of oppression or armed struggle against it.

2. Martin Luther King, Jr. led a nonviolent civil rights movement in the South. ... Chávez led a nonviolent movement in California that worked to better the lives of people in demanding civil rights and social and economic justice.

3. We Should Resist Injustice Everywhere with Non-Violent Disobedience. In "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Dr. King says that we're all responsible for justice across the nation—and around the world. Justice isn't defined or contained by mere laws.

Explanation:

our founding fathers introduced the revolutionary idea that each person's desire to pursue their idea of happiness was not self-indulgence, but a necessary driver of a prosperous society. they created a government to defend that right for everyone.