Martin Luther King’s Principles of Nonviolence

1.  Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.

2.  Nonviolence seeks to win friendship and understanding.

3.  Nonviolence seeks to defeat injustice, not people.

4.  Nonviolence holds that suffering for a cause can educate
    and transform.

5.  Nonviolence chooses love instead of hate.

6.  Nonviolence holds that the universe is on the side of justice
     and that right will eventually prevail.


King's Six Steps to Social Change

1.  Information Gathering     

2.  Education

3.  Personal Commitments

4.  Negotiation

5.  Direct Action

6.  Reconciliation and Healing Process