Why did Martin Luther King campaign for civil rights using non -violence?

Answer 1

King believed that there were three ways one could face injustice. The first was accepting it; the second was resorting to brutality; and the third was practicing nonviolent resistance. He saw the latter as a "higher synthesis," where Negroes neither accept inferiority or practice violence. This method relies on the power of moral conscience. People will be more willing to stop their oppression if they have to question there own ethics. King's basis for his campaign of nonviolence originated in the highest type of love - love for people who hate you. King preached that the combination of agape(spiritual love) with nonviolent action would elicit change. His strategy included civil disobedience, the philosophy behind this holds that people have the natural born right to ignore laws that they believe are unjust; to maintain an orderly society, however, they must accept the consequences of their disobedience. In contrast to the violent methods used by many whites, such as releasing attack dogs and using powerful water hoses to control crowds, King organized selective buying campaigns, marches and boycotts.

Answer 2

because violence will get to no where and therefore it would make no difference whether the racism , segregation was still the same.

Throughout his life Martin Luther King was confronted by violence. His home was bombed, he was stabbed, his family received death threats. None of this made him respond with violence. His Christian beliefs told him that violence and hatred could only be conquered by love and forgiveness