Unit Test, Part 2: Postwar America
Complete this teacher-scored portion of the Unit Test, and submit it to your teacher by the due date for full credit.
(20 points)
1. "An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts Score
the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its
injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."
These words from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., capture his philosophy of nonviolent civil
disobedience. He believed this was the best, the only way to achieve the goals of the civil rights movement.
Choose at least two events or incidents between the end of World War II and the passage of the Civil Rights
Act of 1964. Explain how each exemplifies Dr. King's message.