Martin Luther King was a social activist who peacefully protested fighting for equality and human rights. Martin Luther King saw what was right for mankind and knew that he needed to confront the “white moderates” and show them clearly that they were being oppressed and that it needed to change. King explains that non-violent direct action was needed and the oppressed couldn’t sit back and let inequality destroy African American lives any longer. The purpose of direct action was to show the white moderate what they have been avoiding seeing for a very long time and the effects of it for King…