Martin Luther King Jr

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr is no doubt one of history's most influential and significant individual of time. As the father of modern civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther king, Jr., is recognized as the leader of the civil rights movement and well-known supporter of non-violenlence and hatred. Martin made challenges to segregation and racial discrimination in the 1950s and 1960s. During this time he convince many white Americans to support the cause of civil rights in the United States. After his assassination in, Martin became a symbol of protest in the struggle for racial justice. Martin was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Morehouse College, Crozer Theological Seminary, and Boston University. The son of the priest of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Martin was ordained in 1947 and became minister of a Baptist church in Montgomery, Ala.

Dr. Martin was an advocate for non- violence in the streets as well as acceptance for all. Martin explains how violence only creates temporary results and creates more complex problems for the future. Martin was a minister for Christians and deep believer in acceptance for others and peace. Martin refused violence as a way of dealing with problems. Martin preached to his followers that violence and hatred would only bring injustice to future generations. He emphasized oh how violence today will only bring disorder for tomorrow. An excellent statement made by Dr. King in reference to violence was that "The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind".

Martin spoke passionately about using non-violent resistance. He was a strong supporter of this form of oppression. Martin's conviction was that the oppressed must logically and rationally look at the benefits of two methods, acquiescence and aggression.

A quote that best describes this is that "...the principle of nonviolent resistance seeks to reconcile the truths of two opposites-the acquiescence and violence-while avoiding the extremes and immoralities