was a true crusader for civil rights. He was not violent, he was not radical, he was simply a peaceful man, peacefully asking to be treated equally. He too exhibited the signs if transcendentalism in his life when he transcended the life the African Americans at the time were living; that of an oppressed and mistreated people. Many others at this time went beyond this treatment as well, such as Rosa Parks. Dr Martin emulated Thoreau when he stood up for his belief and was thrown in jail. Like Thoreau, he also wrote about his experience. Rather then a narrative though, he wrote an informative letter. In "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Dr King states that "I would agree with St Augustine that 'An unjust law is no law at all '" (256). Dr King demonstrated that to transcend the discrimination and to go above and beyond the norm, the most important thing is to stand up for it, and take any consequences that come with it. He exemplified the most important part of transcendentalism, going past people 's expectations and forming his own path, and not conforming to what society was telling him to do. Society told Dr King to sit down, but Dr King told himself, and other African Americans, to stand
was a true crusader for civil rights. He was not violent, he was not radical, he was simply a peaceful man, peacefully asking to be treated equally. He too exhibited the signs if transcendentalism in his life when he transcended the life the African Americans at the time were living; that of an oppressed and mistreated people. Many others at this time went beyond this treatment as well, such as Rosa Parks. Dr Martin emulated Thoreau when he stood up for his belief and was thrown in jail. Like Thoreau, he also wrote about his experience. Rather then a narrative though, he wrote an informative letter. In "Letter from Birmingham Jail" Dr King states that "I would agree with St Augustine that 'An unjust law is no law at all '" (256). Dr King demonstrated that to transcend the discrimination and to go above and beyond the norm, the most important thing is to stand up for it, and take any consequences that come with it. He exemplified the most important part of transcendentalism, going past people 's expectations and forming his own path, and not conforming to what society was telling him to do. Society told Dr King to sit down, but Dr King told himself, and other African Americans, to stand