"Violence breeds violence. You are not a coward if you turn and walk away." – Martin Luther King

The success of the Civil Rights Movement is a testament to the effectiveness of nonviolent direct action by millions of Black and white Americans who fought discrimination in the 1960s. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led these courageous Americans in peaceful protests and acts of civil disobedience along with economic boycotts, in what historians say is the most effective social protest in history.

Civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King championed this approach as an alternative to armed uprisings. This non-violent movement was inspired by Dr. King's belief in the teachings of Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. King believed that “the Christian doctrine of love and nonviolence was one of the most potent weapons available to oppressed people in their struggle for freedom.”

Growing up in Atlanta. Dr. King lived with the evils of segregation and racism. While at Morehouse College, he studied the works of Gandhi and how he used love to force social change. Dr. King saw Gandhi’s stress on love and nonviolence as a method he could adopt to bring about social change.
 

Images were broadcast around the world from Birmingham, Alabama, showing police using attack dogs and fire hoses to disperse protesters. But the world also witnessed Dr. King refusing to fight back, which showed the violence was being perpetrated by the oppressors, not the oppressed. And that powerful message resonated throughout America during the entire Civil Rights Movement.

In Minneapolis, Minn., on May 26, 2020, protests and civil unrest over the death of George Floyd in the hands of police turned into large-scale demonstrations, riots and looting across America. We witnessed buildings and cars set afire as protests tuned into violent riots, looting and total chaos.

According to Pew Research, 61% of Americans supported the BLM and Antifa protests. But support for their cause quickly waned when people felt threatened in their own communities. Within months, their support dropped to 27%. They cite that their support faded rapidly when these peaceful protests turned into violence.

"Violence, even well-intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself." – Lao Tzu

Weeks before the Supreme Court's decision overturned Roe v. Wade, the ambiguous ruling that invented the constitutional right to abortion, pro-abortion groups have been targeting Catholic churches and community pregnancy support centers. Vandals have thrown molotov cocktails into churches and burned some to the ground, and have caused extensive damage to pro-life centers.

After an attack on a pregnancy crisis center in Wisconsin, a letter signed “Jane’s Revenge” was sent to newspapers that laid out the pro-abortion mission: “This is not a difference of opinion. We are literally fighting for our lives. We will not sit still while we are killed and forced into servitude.”

“Even if we think violence is justified, it always brings opposition to the cause." – Omar Wasow

In 1989, Planned Parenthood's first Black president, Faye Wattleton, founded "Planned Parenthood Legal Action Group" to fight the growing backlash against abortion in the U.S. She vowed to fight for additional access to abortion in urban communities, which has been their priority since founder Margaret Sanger announced her "Negro Project" to control and eliminate the unfit from our society.

Since SCOTUS reversed Roe V Wade, Planned Parenthood's legal action web site is begging for donations to finance action against pro-life states and pay the legal fees for activists who engage in abortion battles with them. They vow to use whatever means possible to avenge the court's ruling.