Taylor Branch, author of "At Canaan's Edge", the final installment of his three-volume biography of Martin Luther King Jr., discusses the civil rights leader's life and legacy.

We're not going to end violence by telling people that it's morally wrong, says Jamila Raqib, executive director of the Albert einstein Institution. Instead, we must find alternative ways to conduct conflict that are equally powerful and...

How do you deal with a bully without becoming a thug? In this wise and soulful talk, peace activist Scilla Elworthy maps out the skills we need -- as nations and individuals -- to fight extreme force without using force in return. To...

In 2003, the Palestinian village of Budrus mounted a 10-month-long nonviolent protest to stop a barrier being built across their olive groves. Did you hear about it? Didn't think so. Brazilian filmmaker Julia Bacha asks why we only pay...

In which John Green teaches you about nonviolence and peace movements in the 20th century. What is nonviolence? What is a peace movement? Well. traditionally, humans often resort to violence when they come into conflict. In the 20th...

This video titled "India and Southwest Asia" focuses on the lead-up to independence.

The American Anti-Slavery Society was the country's first major national abolitionist organization. Founded in 1833, it raised awareness of the atrocities of slavery - but as time went on, factions emerged within the group.

This video highlights Coretta Scott King's role in the Civil Rights Movement, working alongside her husband Martin Luther King Jr. It covers her activism in the U.S. and abroad, including her involvement in the Women's Strike for Peace...

Honor India's brave freedom fighters.

What was Gandhi's role during this time? Yasmin Khan on the Indian Partition, Part 5

This program features scenarios that provide ideas to help students learn about conflict and model the skills involved in identifying and resolving conflicts peacefully. The program encourages students to think of different ways to...

#Gravitas The Nobel Peace Prize — the world’s most celebrated honour for peace — has often sparked debate. Mahatma Gandhi, the architect of peaceful resistance, was repeatedly denied this recognition. Despite being nominated five times —...

When nine Black students signed up to attend Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas 1957, they were met by a hateful mob and were turned away by state guardsmen. Minnijean Brown-Trickey is one of the so-called Little Rock Nine. She...

During a Las Vegas show, Bono altered the lyrics to one of their biggest hits to pay tribute to the victims of the Hamas attack at a music festival last weekend.

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1. World leaders approach table for media conference.

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3. SOUNDBITE (English): Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretar
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"It is the view of the Quartet that all members...

At 86, the indefatigable militant Dolores Huerta is involved in an impressive array of movements for union feminist ecologist and human rights and for nonviolence

The daughter of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is calling him "the apostle of nonviolence" on the 50th anniversary of his assassination.

The Rev. Bernice King said Wednesday her father was...

HEADLINE: Park Service says occupy camping must end in DC

CAPTION: Despite a no-camping order from the U.S. Park Police, Occupy protesters who have been demonstrating for months at at two sites in Washington say they plan...

A group of United States congressmen have ended a five-day visit to Lebanon and talks with the Palestinian Liberation Organisation. The chairman of the delegation, Senator Moffett, admitted when questioned that he had met the...

1. Various exteriors of government building where Kosovo talks are taking place, journalists standing outside building

3. Various of Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku talking to
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Naaleen village, outskirts of Bethlehem, West Bank

1. Mid of Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad planting olive
tree
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Salam Fayyad, Palestinian Prime
Minister:
"Our's...

1. Wide of Dalai Lama receiving medal from the National Endowment for Democracy

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3. Cutaway of Rebiya Kadeer, Uighu
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UPITN reporter introduces a programme on the far East, post-Indian Independence

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