What Martin Luther King wanted the most was the freedom of his people. He did, however, believe in the higher power of God. King was a big supporter of us having a relationship with our creator. He wanted us to peacefully live with each other and wanted us as humans to get along no matter what race. King used phrases like, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” and “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed, (Letter In Birmingham)”, these were references to his hopes of convincing the clergymen that protest is the only way in which equality between races can be achieved. Something that I always wondered was if African Americans did not stand up for themselves then who would. And
