Question

How was Martin Luther king ,jr ., influenced by thoreau’s civil disobedience? Select all that apply

Answer 1

Answer: It was a blueprint for methods of nonviolent protest .

Answer 2

Answer:

I believe that the two best options from the list provided, that best answer the question: How was Martin Luther King Jr. influenced by Thoreau´s Civil Disobedience, would be:

1. It was a blueprint for methods of nonviolent protest

2. It showed him that noncooperation with evil was just as important as cooperation with good

Explanation:

The effects that the writings of Henry David Thoreau had on other American, and even world, leaders, like Mahatma Ghandi, were invaluable. In the case of Dr. King, he himself tells people when he writes his speech "Letter from Birmingham Jail" that reading the essay from Thoreau, Civil Disobedience, in which Thoreau not only shows the importance of civil protest in non-violent ways, towards bad government and injustice, but also the means through which such protests can be done without causing havoc, was central to how Dr. King later on developed his own career as a Civil Rights leader.