Martin Luther King

Explain Kings policy of non-violent direct action, using examples from events that you have studied. How successful was it? Martin Luther Kings policy of non-violent direct action can be explained by looking at some of the incidents that he took place in and things that he did over his years as a speaker for the civil rights movement. The letter from Birmingham jail is an example of his non-violent strategies. King’s ‘I have a …

…that were passed while he was an active speaker. While King was in jail in Birmingham he wrote a famous letter ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ on April 16. This letter is a famous statement of the civil rights movement and of Kings non-violent direct action campaign. In this letter he outlines the steps involved in a non-violent campaign. The four steps are collection of the facts to determine whether injustice exists, negotiation, self-purification and direct action.