Ocupation: Civil rights activist
Life: January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968
Birthday: January 15
Death: April 4
The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.
source: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings”, p.89, Beacon Press
topic: Inspirational, Doors, Direct Action, Creative Tension