In 1967, a riot broke out amongst the city of Detroit that killed forty-three people, injured over one thousand, and destroyed over two thousand buildings. Police forces incited the riot by raiding a nightclub, which evolved into a five daylong display of violence and inability to compromise. The only American riots to surpass 1967 Detroit riot were the 1863 draft riots during the U.S. civil war. In 1967 "the nation advisory Commission on Civil Disorders concluded that the United States is "a year closer to being two societies, black and white, increasingly separate and scarcely less unequal."(Edmondson 693) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out against violent uproars such as the Detroit riot and pushed for the education and understanding of all men. Two societies were not what King had in mind and to fight against the growing hate he campaigned around the country to disperse his race relation views. Whether King thought the vast majority has already somewhat bought into the idea of mass integration or not, he was determined make sure that his messages were heard not only in the United States, but the world. Through the latest technology of 1967, such as televisions and satellites, the world has inevitably become a smaller place. Many different cultures became exposed to one another in the sixties and the exposure only grew with time. The idea of "The World House", derived from an unpublished story idea created by an anonymous author, suggests that the world must put aside foolish concepts such as racism and war to wholly better the life of mankind.

Martin Luther King Jr. used his knowledge of world news to inform those of his country about the countless occurrences of racism on the other side of the globe. The 1960's were plagued with the cruel acts surrounding apartheid in Africa, and they made for excellent examples to be used by King when educating. In 1962 Nelson Mandela, an instigator of human rights and equality, was sentenced to life in jail for trying to overthrow the state which stirred up white and black relations everywhere. Force wasn't necessarily the answer for Mandela, and it was neither for King. King believed that "all men are interdependent" and that "We are inevitably our brother's keeper because we are our brother's brother. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly."(King 292) Violence in the United States, Africa, or anywhere will affect those around the world who notice and it is likely, considering the media of the sixties and especially the present, that someone will notice.

Like many other civil rights leaders of the time, King spoke on poverty, but did not demand charity for his people because unlike those who live in the third world, African Americans have opportunity. By the standards of the sixties, the economic standing of a person would not only determine their social class but their figurative "color" and how they should be treated. King did not condone war, but he did preach about how "The time has come for an all-out war against poverty." According to him it is up to the rich to give back and help the poor ascend to a greater class and state of living. He believed it was not only the job of the wealthy individuals to donate to slums, but for the wealthiest of the countries to contribute to the underdeveloped ones of the world. King best summarizes his feelings of major contribution with the quote "The agony of the poor impoverishes the rich; the betterment of the poor enriches the rich."(King 292) Implementing a long-term plan to support third world countries would not be easy for the super powers of the world to do, because it means they would have to not "travel a dead-end road of inordinate selfishness."(King 292) The excessive mentalities of the powerful countries were preoccupied by precious resources and attaining them in any way no matter if it were as inhumane as a war. Meanwhile, consumable countries in Africa, South America, and Asia slowly fall to pieces, which provokes the question: "do we have the morality and courage required to live together as brothers and not be afraid?"(King 293)

A protestor of the time, Franz Fanon said "You are rich because you are white, you are white because you are rich."(Fanon) On that, Locksley Edmondson spoke on the backwards, social moral by saying, "So pervasive is the race factor that it has even intruded into the politics of international communism". (Edmondson 702) Communism was a great scare in the years proceeding WWII and the way it oppressed the citizens of Russia resembled the oppression regarding African Americans of the sixties. Kings says, "Communism will never be defeated by the use of atomic bombs or nuclear weapons. Let us not join those who shout war and who through their misguided passions urge the United States to relinquish its participation in the United Nations."(King 297) In the U.S. at this time, African Americans are exemplifying a mild lust for violence but an extreme need of change. King does not want physical confrontations to be the solutions sought after for change and the same goes for the solutions to communism. The answers do not lie in inflicting harm upon others. Fighting global problems can be well fought by fighting for the opposing view and not fighting against the subject. Kings said "We must not engage in a negative anti-Communism, but rather in a positive thrust for democracy, realizing that our greatest defense against Communism is to take offensive action in behalf of justice. We must with affirmative action seek to remove those conditions of poverty, insecurity and injustice which are the fertile soil in which the seed of Communism grows and develops."(King 297) This take on fighting communism is communal with the fight against racism.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. exercised traits of an idol and a man of the people, which made him very relevant in the fight against the global poison that, is racism. He puts into perspective the ways national and international struggles should be approached and for what reasons, such as to disregard hate and love one another. Logic and reason are used to create sensible and effective plans that most brilliantly affect the entire world. The cumulative world efforts that King talked about were so beyond the sixties and the present's capabilities because of how soiled with hate, racism, and senseless tradition the planet still is. Only when the world is ready to accept that "other-preservation is the first law of life," grand ideas of world bettering plans can be implemented and done so without the fear of losing money, or land, or resources. The fact that individual possessions do not matter without anyone else results in a skewed and invalid aesthetic perspective. (King 292) It is hard to imagine any progress, or what feels like real progress, when the people inhabiting the earth cannot even figure out how to simply coexist. King was far ahead of his time considering his ability to understand rally very many people over one cause and for that cause to be so mature and essential to the world. 

