Martin Luther King believed in the use of peaceful corroborations and just simply acting with love and calm. Racial equality was one of his major beliefs. He believed every man, woman, and child, no matter what race you were deserved to be treated the same and with the same respect. MLK and transcendentalist are similar and different in many ways. They share some of the same beliefs but also aim in different directions when it comes to the route people should take in order to find the way of life. Martin Luther King believed in God, so did transcendentalist but, transcendentalist didn’t believe god and jesus were the same person. Transcendentalist believed that organized religion is what ultimately destroyed the purity of the individual and that if people were more self-reliant and independent then they will be at their best.…show more content… Although they had similar goals Martin Luther king and Transcendentalist had different approaches or a different routine they saw that would bring peace to the world. MLK was born in the late 20s’, he was a baptist minister who was married to Coretta Scott King, and father of 4 children 2 boys and 2 girls. He was determined to put an end to racism fighting for civil rights. Although he was not around for Martin Luther king, Henery David Thoreau was someone who influenced Him MLk and so did many others But, Henry probably had a bigger effect on him simply because an article about Henry's influence on King says “King best articulated his convictions in his letter from birmingham jail. The letter supported and expanded the concepts first presented in Thoreau's essay, injecting non-violent direct action into the American tradition of
