Literature of Protest. Speaks of authors who became spokesmen for their particular protest movements. Thomas Paine, Thomas Nast, John C. Calhoun, and Martin Luther King

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…most successful means for expressing discontent with the status quo. The works of authors such as Thomas Paine, John Calhoun, and Martin Luther King, along with the illustrator Thomas Nast, have proven beyond a doubt that protest literature gains results. One merely has to browse the annals of history to find examples of literature enhancing protest. The eloquence and skill of the above easily ranks them with the most important leaders of American protest ever.