Martin Luther King's Non-Violent Civil Disobedience

Peaceful resistance to laws positively affect a free society. Throughout history, there have been multiple cases of both violent and peaceful protests. However, the peaceful protests are the ones that tend to stick with a society and are the ones that change the society for the better.

Trough out the 1960, the goal for racial became priority for many Afro-Americans who suffer from segregation or also called Jim Crow. After the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision in 1896, all Afro-Americans will need to obey the law that stated separation of facilities or known as “separate but equal”. Since the 1900s, association like the NAACP fought for the equality in education, politics and economy in America between the races, in 1960 the nonviolent propaganda became a way to stop the segregation and start living as the constitution stated, with equality and freedom (Document 1). In 1954 the famous Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education the NAACP and Thurgood Marshall won against segregation when there was a concern about

Martin Luther King Jr. may have been the most impactful person to alter over a century of ethnic atrocities in the United States of American. Over a half-century after his death, people astute to the issues of racial equality in American should ask what did Martin Luther King Jr. accomplish. Here is a list of some of these accomplishments, his background and education, plus how his influential legacy lives on today.

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were the two most important icons during the civil right movement, in the 1960s. These two men have impacted the way Americans live today in a number ways.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist that exemplified the idea that not backing down on one’s opinion can make for a strong leader with many followers supporting him or her. Dr. King was able to stand up and give speeches in front of large crowds, preaching his truths and views on segregation. He was certainly not one to cower from publicly protesting the wrongs that were being done to coloreds in America, especially in the south. King never changed his views because he stood strong with those that supported times of change through boycotts and sit-ins that prolonged for years. He was such a strong leader of protest that he was able to gain the support from President John F. Kennedy in his push for desegregation. Martin Luther King was never weary of his beliefs and was not afraid of any outcome that would result from his protesting, which made his cause more intense and, in the long run, more achievable. Even after being sent to prison, King never lost hope nor gave in to the law, but instead released a letter from the Birmingham Jail, all written on a series of newspaper margins. The letter told his fellow protestors to continue their fight and stay strong as brothers and sisters alike. Even in a situation like that, King was able to uphold his beliefs and use his faith as a way to keep

This biography by James Haskins covers Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood all the way up to his assassination on April 4, 1968. Haskins also adds the back story on King’s assassin: James Earl Ray and the man hunt that ensued after the assassination. King was born on January 15, 1929

Looking back at our American history when we mention the Montgomery bus boycott the first persons we think of is Marin Luther King and Rosa Parks. But in reality there was so many people behind the scenes involved, that made this movement possible. There were competent educators, supervisors, principles, teachers, social workers, other community workers, nurse’s women employees, and members of the Women’s Political Council which made a great impact to the Montgomery Boycott.

Civil disobedience is the act of protesting over action that seem unjust. Martin Luther King became tired of the segregation of public spaces and the mistreatment of his people. He believed that the country that they lived in was unjust in their laws and policies toward African Americans. King emphasizes the history of slavery and the war that was fought to end such treatment and yet over the course of the years they were being treated as unequal in comparison to white men.

About two centuries ago, an American polymath Henry Thoreau protested the Mexican-American War by refusing to pay government taxes and with his innovative essay,'Civil Disobedience'.Years later, Mohandas Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King both followed his lead in employing nonviolence as a way to protest the

“People try nonviolence for a week, and when it 'doesn't work' they go back to violence, which hasn't worked for centuries.” Theodore Roszak. This saying represents the change that happened in my point of view why nonviolent resistance is better and more effective than violent resistance. Actually, I had believed that the best way to defeat injustice and fight for rights was to use violent actions to prove the power of protesters. However, I started supporting nonviolent resistance, when, I studied Martin Luther King, who broke segregation law by practicing nonviolent actions using civil disobedience (non-violent protests and peace rallies), and listened to his inspirational speech “ I have a dream “. Moreover, the reason why I changed my mind

In 1955, Martin Luther King, Jr. was the elected leader of the Montgomery bus boycott. The Montgomery bus boycott was one the first factors to demonstrate that the African-American community could assemble a successful protest movement. King trusted and used nonviolent resistance to achieve racial harmony. After the bus boycott

"Actions prove who someone is. Words prove who they want to be." Although words are important, actions are the essentials that are the most significant to revealing a persons character, such as Martin Luther King and Gandhi.

Non-violence is acting without physical confrontation. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the many people that solved situation without using violence. By using only his words be demonstrated that we African-Americans can do anything without using violence. Practicing non-violence can make you look morally stronger than the other person. In my opinion using there are time when you should use non violence like when you’re using self defence. There are also times when you shouldn’t use violence like if you have a younger

King made a name for himself when he organized the Montgomery bus boycott. This began when Rosa Parks would not give up her seat to a white man on the bus on December 1, 1955. She was arrested and this made the black community very angry. So the Montgomery Improvement

Actions made by African Americans during the civil rights movement changed the perspective of many Americans, and also changed the laws made to limit the rights of African Americans in the 1950’s. December 4, 1955 was the day a famous boycott was being planned. The Bus