The two values that Martin Luther King Jr. was willing to give his life for are the fight for injustice and and freedom. These are some of the values that Martin Luther King Jr. wanted and felt was fair for the entire country, and he believe that violence wasn’t the answer. The fight against segregation was a fight against injustice. injustice means “lack of fairness or justice”. Dr. King believed that blacks wasn’t treated fairly when things at this time was suppose to be equal. “I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly.” (King Jr. 1963). …show more content…
King speaks volume and reflects on injustice because it basically means that no matter what we do for justice there’s always gonna be a threat, a problem, a concern no matter what and its been like that for over 400 years and nothing to stop the threat. That’s taking our families apart, hurting innocent blacks. As we are children of a higher power , our faith and destiny are convoluted and what happens to one human being happens to all of us. Dr. King was willing to lead and put his foot first on the front line exposing him to violence rather than obey unjust laws of segregation. “Give justice to weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute” (Psalm 82:3) “But i tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:43-48). This is all Dr. King wanted this is straight from the Bible. Dr. King didn’t want to act in violence he didn’t believe in violence, he believed in what’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong everything that our God put upon