Rights Marchers Link Ancient Disobedience To Civil Rights Push
Associated Press notes the Washington march of up to 100000 participants echoes a long history of civil disobedience. The piece traces nonviolent defiance from Socrates and Antigone through Jesus, Quakers, Emerson, Thoreau, Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Tolstoy’s broader debates on force.
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Merle Curti
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau
Leo Tolstoy
Mohandas Gandhi
Tolstoy
Calm and Dignity Pledged by Demonstration Leaders
Washington awaits a civil rights march as leaders urge calm amid fears of violence and transportation chaos. Estimates place turnout at 100000 to 250000 while unions threaten a midnight railroad strike if new work rules pass. Special trains and buses head toward Washington to join the demonstration.
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Washington
Congress
A. Philip Randolph
Brotherhood of Railway
National Press Club
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
South
Pavlick Seeks Second Trial Over Kennedy Threat Case
Richard Paul Pavlick, the man who threatened to kill President Kennedy, made a second bid for a trial. U.S. District Judge William H. Becker heard arguments in Springfield and took the petition under advisement noting Pavlick’s competency questions.
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Springfield
Richard Paul Pavlick
Kennedy
William H. Becker
U.S. District Court
Pavlick
Belmont
N. H
West Palm Beach
Fla
Federal Prison System
Becker
Florida
Two Girls Die After Tractor Fall Near Hiawatha
In Hiawatha Kansas two girls fell from a farm tractor when it hit a bump. Nine year old Vicki Crumb died and thirteen year old Diane Schmitt was injured as Gary Crumb nineteen? wait 15 drove the machine to the yard. The crash occurred late Monday on a family farm southwest of town.
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Hiawatha
Kan
Vicki Crumb
Carroll Crumb
Diane Schmitt
Viki
Gary Crumb
Teenager wounded in accidental pistol discharge at home
In Atchison Kansas Mrs Dorothy Barnett 16 was accidentally shot Monday when her husband 21 Robert Barnett drew a newly bought .22 caliber pistol from a holster The bullet hit her left chest but did not penetrate the rib cage She was reported in good condition at the hospital
Gandhi and religious thought influence on nonviolence history
Gandhi championed nonviolent resistance against British rule drawing on Hinduism Jainism and Buddhism as sources of ethical restraint. The text notes Indian religious ideas shaping his approach and mentions Coxey in 1894 leading 400 unemployed to demand jobs while 1932 veterans pressed Congress for a bonus and were dispersed.
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Gandhi
India
Thoreau
Tolstoy
John Ruskin
Jacob S. Coxey
Ohio
Washington T
Congress
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