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I never claimed he didn't help garner support for the radical Republicans that eventually helped give black people equal rights, only that he's not a positive role model. He did help change the US for the better.You might be right. But perception is what's really important. Isn't it? And like I said. He was a very effective agent of positive change.That "Civil Disobedience" was because he would incite the riots, but wasn't actually in them. A famous quote from MLK was "A riot is the language of the unheard". He also once made a speech about his support of riots: Here's what Martin Luther King Jr. really thought about urban riotsReally? Do you have any credible evidence to support that? He did engage in civil disobedience, which was the correct thing to do, under the circumstances. But inciting riots? Give me a break.MLK used to incite extremely destructive and violent riots, then scream "Police brutality!" when police showed up to stop said riots. I don't view him as a positive role model.
http://www.martinlutherking.org/articles/the_king_holiday.pdf