We Are Power brings to light the incredible individuals who have used nonviolent activism to change the world. The book explores questions such as what is nonviolent resistance and how does it work? In an age when armies are stronger than ever before, when guns seem to be everywhere, how can people confront their adversaries without resorting to violence themselves? Through key international movements as well as people such as Gandhi, Alice Paul, Martin Luther King, Cesar Chavez, and Václav Havel, this book discusses the components of nonviolent resistance. It answers the question “Why nonviolence?” by showing how nonviolent movements have succeeded again and again in a variety of ways, in all sorts of places, and always in the face of overwhelming odds. The book includes endnotes, a bibliography, and anindex.
Title alpha We Are Power: How Nonviolent Activism Changes the World
Level Nonfiction Middle Plus
Pages Count 320
Genre Nonfiction
Topics Nonviolence. History of protest movements. Political participation. Social change. Social activists. Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948). Alice Paul (1885–1977). Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968). Cesar Chavez (1927–1993). Václav Havel (1936–2011).
Trim Size 8 1/4" x 5 1/2"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2020-04-06
JLG Release Date Jul 2020
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Nonfiction Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
Nonfiction Middle Plus
Nonfiction Middle Plus (Grades 5-8)
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