Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. The world he has born into, like the world today was full of animosity, greed, and violence. It was a time between world wars and a time when African Americans were still second class citizens. Dr. King was a visionary, and he inspired many people to change their "worldly" ways. By meeting violence with non violence Dr. King forever changed the shape of a nation and the …showed first 75 words of 1284 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1284 total…history of mankind violence had been used but no permanent peace had ever been created. All that violence can accomplish is more violence and destruction. I am tired of seeing things being destroyed. I am sick of hearing about people getting killed, raped, robbed, beaten, and kidnapped. To achieve world peace and stop these things from happening we must first learn to understand each other, accept each other, and solve our problems without using violence.