The fight for racial equality inspired grassroots organizing and nonviolent protest methods, which influenced the tactics of the peace movement. Activists like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks connected the struggle for racial justice with opposition to war and militarism.

The fight for racial equality inspired grassroots organizing and nonviolent protest methods, which influenced the tactics of the peace movement. Activists like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks connected the struggle for racial justice with opposition to war and militarism.

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1950 to 1960

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Path to Peace: A Timeline of the 1960s Movement for Nonviolence
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