King Jr Non Violence

According to the article, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Last March, by National Archives, and the excerpts from his famous speech, “I have been to the mountain top”, it shows that he pushed for non violent changes because he spoke with leaders of the opposing sides, gave a famous speech, and stated that it is either nonviolence or nonexistence. The thought of violence disturbed Martin Luther King Jr., and made him very tired and weary. He made many attempts throughout his life to stop the violence because he believed if the violence continued, there would be nothing left. According to the first article, Martin Luther King Jr. pushed for nonviolence because he spoke with leaders of the opposing sides. The first article states, “The outbreak of
violence deeply distressed King, who spoke with leaders of the opposing sides for reassurance of nonviolence.”. This quote shows that King was getting very tired, and he could not handle the violence anymore, so he spoke to the leaders of opposing sides for reassurance of nonviolence, so he could get some rest. It also shows that the violence that was going on was so bad that he had to take it all the way to the leaders, so that he knew that there would finally be some nonviolence. He believed that violence was not the answer, which is one of the many reasons that he fought so hard to change the other side’s leader’s minds about violence. Another way that Martin Luther King Jr.
pushed for nonviolent change was by giving his famous speech, “I have been to the mountain top”. According to the article, “A tired and weary king gave his famous ‘I have been to the mountaintop’ speech”. This quote proves that King pushed for non violence because he gave this speech to let people know to keep fighting because the other side might not agree to the non violence. Also, he did not know if he would make it to the promise land with them but he wanted them to keep going. The third way that Martin Luther King Jr. proved that he pushed for non violent change was by saying that it was either nonviolence or nonexistence. According to the excerpts from “I have been to the mountain top”, “It is not longer a choice between violence or nonviolence in this world. It’s nonviolence or nonexistence, that’s where we are today. This quote shows how he pushed for nonviolence, because he doesn’t want any violence because in the end madness would break out, and there would be nothing left. Therefore, the two articles prove that Martin Luther King Jr. pushed for non violence, because it shows that he spoke with leaders of the opposing sides, gave a famous speech and stated that it is either nonviolence or
nonexistence.