Positive Deviance And The Civil Rights Movement

On the surface, the concept of positive deviance would be seen as very unusual. However, this abnormality does not equate to a contradiction. Saying that all deviance is negative by definition is conceding that deviance cannot bring about any positive change. Historical cases, such as the Civil Rights Movement, have proven this notion to be false. In these instances, the charge of deviance is shown to be dependent not only on the will of those who rule, but mainly on the receptiveness of general society.
Briefly, Heckert talked about Marking Luther King Jr. as an individual that embodied two types of positive deviance: innovation and charisma. So, in the context of positive deviance, Dr. King as his actions would not fit into one particular