Transcendentalist Beliefs: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s beliefs were a variety, some of his beliefs were equal Black American rights, equality, a world without violence, integrity first and service before yourself. All of these have different meanings but King was strong about what he believed in and often made speeches about them. Dr Martin Luther King Jr. opened the world up to the truth and what should have been done about it. His beliefs are strongly based on how he grew up and what he saw around him. The beliefs he grew up with were the same as Transcendentalist beliefs. For example, Martin Luther King Jr believed people could change by being persuaded and shown, (Time) Transcendentalists believed that people were born good but society corrupted them. Martin’s beliefs …show more content…

The inequality and hate influenced his beliefs because he was tired of always living in fear as if someone was going to hurt him. Living like this was not how he imagined his life causing him to speak up about these things and make a change in the world. What I believe in is equality, it’s a humane thing to do. Treating someone different because of how they look is not equal. Martin Luther King Jr believed people can change by being shown how too, I believe that also but I know it’s a hard thing to do. His beliefs are something I believe in. For example, Martin Luther King Jr believed people could change by being persuaded and shown, (Time). i don’t disagree with his beliefs and I don’t think people should either. I think Martin Luther King Jr would be very skeptical about the technology we use mainly because there’s a bad side and a good side to everything. If there was technology that we have back then I feel like people would have been more easily influenced and people would speak up. The technology we have today can help with a lot of things like spreading the word of new