Write a paragraph reflecting on the following verse from Matthew. How might you apply it to the readings from Chapter 4 (PDF attached) and what you have learned about the early civil rights movement? Does this passage bring to mind specific people, actions or events you read about? How do you respond to the passage on a personal level?

Write a paragraph reflecting on the following verse from Matthew. How might you apply it to the readings from Chapter 4 (PDF attached) and what you have learned about the early civil rights movement? Does this passage bring to mind specific people, actions or events you read about? How do you respond to the passage on a personal level?
But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

Matthew 5:39