"You may well ask, "Why direct action? Why sit-ins, marches, etc.? Isn't negotiation a better path?" You are exactly right in your call for negotiation. Indeed, this is the purpose for direct action. Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue"(Letter from Birmingham Jail).
I believe that this passage basically sums up Martin Luther King, Jr. He was an advocate for freedom and equality without the use of violence. Even though many violent and injustice acts were forced upon MLK and the African American community, MLK did not want to retaliate with acts of his own. He wanted equality through peace and that was one of the many things that people admired about him. He showed to everyone that it doesn't take violence in order to achieve what it necessary.
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