Bernard Lafayette, Jr.

On nonviolence as a strategy

C.T. Vivian

On the impact of employing nonviolence

Rabbi Israel “Si” Dresner

On value of nonviolence

James Lawson

On nonviolence training in Washington DC and Nashville

James Lawson

On the logic of nonviolent intervention

Victory for Nonviolence, part 1

Freedom Riders participated in CORE training sessions before getting on the bus.

Victory for Nonviolence, part 2

Rabbi Dresser and Delore Boyd comment on the power of nonviolent methods.

The Strategy

In the early 1960s, activists impatient for change turned to a new strategy: non-violent direct action.