nonviolent resistance
Refusal to obey a law considered unjust; civil disobedience.
notes for nonviolent resistance
notes for nonviolent resistance
African-Americans in the
civil rights movement often practiced nonviolent resistance in the South in the 1960s — for example, by sitting-in at segregated lunch counters to provoke arrest and draw attention to their cause. (
See
segregation
and
sit-ins.)
Words nearby nonviolent resistance
nonverbal communication,
nonviable,
nonvintage,
nonviolence,
nonviolent,
nonviolent resistance,
nonviscous,
nonvital pulp,
nonvolatile,
nonvoter,
nonvoting