---
title: "Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement"
id: "1991"
type: "post"
slug: "martin-luther-king-jr"
published_at: "2026-01-19T13:40:23+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-04-15T16:33:02+00:00"
url: "https://theresistancehub.com/martin-luther-king-jr/"
markdown_url: "https://theresistancehub.com/martin-luther-king-jr.md"
excerpt: "More Than Morality: Nonviolent Resistance as Strategy The American Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s remains a canonical case of how organized, nonviolent contention can reshape political outcomes within a constitutional system. Under Martin Luther King Jr. and..."
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  - "Resistance"
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  - "Case Study"
  - "Gene Sharp"
  - "Nonviolent Action"
  - "Nonviolent Protest"
  - "Nonviolent Resistance"
  - "Protest Movements"
  - "Resistance Mobilization"
  - "Resistance Strategy"
---

# Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement