In 1948 Martin Jr. arrived in Chester, the town where Crozer Seminary was located. He was determined to not waste this opportunity of learning. As one of the only six young black people in a college with a student body of almost 100 students, king was also eager to prove and show himself. Just as he was comfortable and event occurred in Crozer, among kings fellow students there was a young white man from North Carolina who believed that black people should not attended college. so one day, while they were still freshman’s, the white student returned to his room to find that all of his things were destroyed and messed up, when Crozer high encountered such thing they blamed it on King. Then when the white man thought that King was the on to blame, he crashed into Kings room shouting racist things and threatening him with a gun, king simply responded with calmness and respect saying that he was not the one to blame. When this word was spread the student council decided to dismiss the white man from college and asked King if he would press charges, but king refused to and said that he accepts his apology. His kindness offered him popularity and many friends including the white man.
Seminary Studies
As years past, Martin proved his academic and this led to the eagerness of learning. Martin studied Christian theology to the ideas of secular philosophers both ancient and modern. Martin was also interested in the writings of Walter Rauschenbusch, a white Baptist preacher who had worked in the slum of New York. King also was interested to study and know about Mahatma Gandhi, also one of the most inspirational leaders. King thought it was “electrifying” what Gandhi did to let his country feel the independence in 1947 mainly by using “demonstrations”, “boycotts”, and other techniques nonviolent acts. So King was definitely “electrified” because he believed in using nonviolent acts.
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