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Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about many topics during his lifetime as a civil rights leader. Five themes found throughout his speeches and sermons are nonviolence, equality, justice, love, and unity. One of the themes found in King’s speeches and sermons is nonviolence. Nonviolent resistance is the act of protesting without using violence. If someone attacks, the protester is not allowed to retaliate. King advocated for using nonviolence. In one of his speeches after almost dying, he says that just because a person does not resort to violence does not mean that violence will not happen to that person. Someone who participates in nonviolent resistance “is the person who will willingly allow himself to be the victim of violence but will never inflict violence upon another” (Carson 119). After the riots of Watts, King responded to the violence by reminding the people about his commitment to nonviolence. He advocates that “violence is not the answer to social conflict whether it is engaged in by white people in Alabama or by Negros in Los Angeles” (Carson 291). He reminds the people …show more content…

When he was young, King participated in an oratory contest. In his speech, he said that people were not really Christian “so long as we flout the central teachings of Jesus: brotherly love and the Golden Rule” (Carson 9). Love is a central part of Christianity, and King believed that love was an essential part that needed to be acted on. He instructed people to “be Christian in all of our actions” because “it is not enough for us to talk about love” (Carson 60). Love also needed to be acted out. Love was just one part. Justice was the other part. Justice was equality. Love was an important part to King’s strategy of nonviolent resistance. He told people that they needed to love their enemies and to “let them know you love them” (Carson 80). Violence should not be used because they needed to exhibit love towards the

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Even today, it is still possible to learn from King’s teachings. Non-violence is the number one thing he stood for, and that is exactly what could be used in today’s country. "Nonviolence does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent but to win friendship and understanding," King teaches. "The nonviolent resister must often express his protest through noncooperation or boycotts, but

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He states that “In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self-purification; and direct action.” (379). in this quote Martin Luther King shows he has no plans to use violence in his civil rights movement. Instead he has a respectful view to handle the situation that is at hand. “it is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the city’s white power structure left the negro community with no alternative.”

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and they need to fight. Nothing else is working so fighting is the only working option. Dr. King’s purpose to this speech is to get out the word that the people need to fight with nonviolence. “We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.” Martin Luther King is famous for fighting for equality using non violence.

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It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals. Both a practical and a moral answer to the Negro’s cry for justice, nonviolent direct action proved that it could win victories without losing wars, and so became the triumphant tactic of the Negro Revolution of 1963” (12). I believe that this paragraph is a perfect way to summarize what King discusses in his book. He emphasized the importance of nonviolence and his belief on it.

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By alluding to King—a civil rights leader and a strong believer in nonviolence—Chavez shows that nonviolence can be amazingly effective. King led a nonviolent campaign during the civil rights movement geared toward ending segregation and securing equal rights for African Americans. King successfully utilized

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The four basic steps in campaign nonviolence by Martin Luther King are negotiation, self-purification, direct action and perception of the facts to determine if injustice is alive. On the Selma movie it is beautiful, the injustice abuse of those times found in African races loss of their human rights family love!! But being a little more accurate this film from my analytical point presents the struggle for civil rights as a political game calculated to the millimeter. No lack of ideological and strategic discussions that enhance the speech of social change Martin Luther King, whose pragmatic dye is manifested not only in scenes discussion with his colleagues and opponents (the talks with President Lyndon Johnson are remarkable for the intelligence

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King believed in the power of love, nonviolence, and reconciliation as means to bring about social change. He championed integration, equality, and voting rights, utilizing strategies like boycotts, sit-ins, and marches to challenge segregation and systemic racism. King's approach aimed to appeal to the conscience of the nation and gain sympathy and support for the cause. Black critics of King's nonviolent tactics, such as Malcolm X and the Black Power movement, argued that nonviolence was ineffective in the face of systemic racism and violence directed at the Black community.

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