This is an essay about world peace. It ties in the ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr. It describes the violent state the world is in and how things can change.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. The world he has born into, like the world today was full of animosity, greed, and violence. It was a time between world wars and a time when African Americans were still second class citizens. Dr. King was a visionary, and he inspired many people to change their "worldly" ways. By meeting violence with non violence Dr. King forever changed the shape of a nation and the …

…history of mankind violence had been used but no permanent peace had ever been created. All that violence can accomplish is more violence and destruction. I am tired of seeing things being destroyed. I am sick of hearing about people getting killed, raped, robbed, beaten, and kidnapped. To achieve world peace and stop these things from happening we must first learn to understand each other, accept each other, and solve our problems without using violence.