Why Is Martin Luther King's Non-Violent Protest

Martin Luther King was an African-American Baptist minister; he was known for his non-violent protest to end segregation. He was a man who believe in equals as said in the bible, his devotion to doing as the word of God advised, he decided to take a stand and make a change. Therefore, he did one of his peaceful protest in Birmingham, Alabama. Everything went wrong and King along with other protestors were attacked and put in Jail. While in Jail he was talked about and judged on his non-violence protest, therefore, he decided to speak out and wrote the Letter from Birmingham Jail in 1963. The way Martin Luther King approached the situation of people bashing his ways of making a change show just how understanding he is and the way he does not mind addressing criticism shows his matureness as a man and a preacher. He explains that as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference they do not just preach, but they also affiliate with other organization all over …show more content…
They held workshops to prepare themselves and then decided on a time that would be best to pressure the merchants for the needed change. Unfortunately, things happen such as elections and they had to postpone the protest. This was a big event therefore, such event would take all the attention from the protest and that could be a problem. The tactic they decided to take was to eventually lead them into negotiating. They decided to protest to leave the community no other option than to confront the problem and make it hard for them to ignore it. Martin Luther King relies on the tension in order to pressure the community to listen to their protest. His definition of tension is not what we expect, he believed in the tension in society that will help men to rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism to the understanding of everyone being equal as it is in the eyes of