Martin Luther King Nonviolent Resistance

The actions of Martin Luther king Jr. was necessary to acquire a real change in American culture. To civil disobey is the active, professed refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of a government or of any occupying international power. It also a symbolic violation of the law, rather then rejection of the system as a whole. Martin King Jr use this a nonviolent form of resistance to change a society for the better.

The actions of civil disobedience in the way Martin Luther king Jr preached and used are justified because of the way they were handle. Of course using the word justified to describe something that means to pretty much break the law might be a flawed by itself. In a time were racial conflicts were high and the mistreatment of African Americans liberties were based on the color of their skin, a leader

need to focus all that frustration and anger into something positive, and non violent. It is better to focus all that anger in peaceful protest, parading, demonstrating, boycotting, trespassing and picketing then it is to use violence and make things even worse to set back the cause.

The strategy of civil disobedience in the way Martin Luther King Jr. used was a perfect in getting the message across. The Civil rights movement was inescapable the discussion was all over the place because of the use non- violent civil disobedience."One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws"(king). Martin Luther king Jr understood the power of non-violent protest and these actions spread like wild fire. Soon a race was united in a common goal equality for African Americans. The technique was use perfectly it help a lot of African Americans from loosing their life's, and created a respectful issues because of the manner of how the issue was fought against using non-violent protest.

Martin Luther king Jr notion of nonviolence had six key principles.

First one was to resit evil without resorting to violence. Second was through non- violence was to seek to win the "friendship and understanding" of the opponent, not to humiliate him(King, Stride,84) The third was, evil itself, not the people committing evil acts, should be opposed. Fourth those whom commit to nonviolence must willing to suffer with out retaliation as suffering itself can be redemptive. Fifth, nonviolent resistance avoids "external physical violence" and "internal violence of spirit" as well:‘‘The nonviolent resister not only refuses to shoot his opponent but he also refuses to hate him’’ (King, Stride, 85). The sixth principle is that the nonviolent resister must have a ‘‘deep faith in the future,’’ stemming from the conviction that ‘‘the universe is on the side of justice’’ (King, Stride, 88). These ideals are direct from Martin Luther king Jr they also show what kind of man he was. To love his opponent and use and teach civil disobedience in this way is amazing. Martin Luther technique was well thought and his commitment to nonviolence was

absolute.

In conclusion Martin Luther king Jr technique of civil disobedience was the best strategy to unite every one in the mind state to use nonviolence. His actions were correct in every way to stop the youth at the time from using violence which would have solved nothing and made things worse in every way. A leader was capable of making a real change in U.S society by protesting and using civil disobedience in a nonviolence way. Martin Luther king Jr strategy change America culture.

Kingencyclopedia staff , Nonviolent Resistance Martin Luther King Jr and the global freedom struggle Setember 26, 2015 http://kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_nonviolent_resistance/

King, ‘‘Pilgrimage to Nonviolence,’’ in Papers: 5:419–425.

King, Stride Toward Freedom, 1958.

King, Where Do We Go from Here,1967.