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Also Known As passive resistance

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Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian social activist, lawyer, and politician
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
American civil rights activist and religious leader
Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth stands in a suit outside the heavily damaged remains of his house after a bombing, with collapsed roof and debris behind him, Montgomery, Alabama.
Fred Shuttlesworth
American minister and civil rights activist
Julia Butterfly Hill leans on a wooden railing, gazing thoughtfully into the distance with her hands clasped, surrounded by blurred green foliage.
Julia Butterfly Hill
American activist
Gulzarilal Nanda
Gulzarilal Nanda
Indian politician
Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau
American writer