In Martin Luther King's "A letter from a Birmingham Jail" he discusses many topics on the civil rights movement at the time and what he was going through. One of the topics he mentioned was the call to non violent direct action among Negro's. This call to non violent direct action is evident in "The Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison. <Tab/> <Tab/>At the time when MLK …showed first 75 words of 522 total…

…showed last 75 words of 522 total…he was in, but thus got awarded a full scholarship to an all Negro college. <Tab/>In conclusion, in the end MLK'S position on non violent direct action proved to be the most effective form of action. Even though it took many years to finally achieve equal civil rights, many Negro's took MLK'S position, which led to non-violent direct action which helped achieve equal civil rights among Negroes and white people.