He had the help of Bayard Rustin and many others to fulfill this plan. Most people thought that he was following Gandhi and his methods, but in truth he knew little about the wise man. Carrying on, the idealism of nonviolence was a big step, let alone equality. King explained his understanding of nonviolence, which seeks to win an opponent to friendship, rather than to humiliate or defeat him. Making more friends than enemies is what the U.S. should lust for. Martin’s teaching of pacifism changed the outlook of America and how we operated. Without his death, that legacy wouldn’t have been fought for
He had the help of Bayard Rustin and many others to fulfill this plan. Most people thought that he was following Gandhi and his methods, but in truth he knew little about the wise man. Carrying on, the idealism of nonviolence was a big step, let alone equality. King explained his understanding of nonviolence, which seeks to win an opponent to friendship, rather than to humiliate or defeat him. Making more friends than enemies is what the U.S. should lust for. Martin’s teaching of pacifism changed the outlook of America and how we operated. Without his death, that legacy wouldn’t have been fought for