What would it take to start a Peace Army?
Date: August 17, 2013
Press Clip Source: Metta Center for Nonviolence
Written By: Stephanie Van Hook
Date: August 15, 2013
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The Freedom Rides of 1961 saw some of the most iconic moments of the United States’ Civil Rights movement. Courageous, idealistic young people boarded busses to the segregated South to stand up for their ideals of freedom, equality and justice. Like our most fearless armed servicemen/women, they knew that they were risking their lives for their beliefs. What made them different, however, was that they were unarmed and trained in nonviolence.
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