Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his last novel Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? where the chapter "The World House" was first published in 1967 discussing the topic of worldwide poverty. His main argument revolved around members in society learning to live together and help each other in order to improve life for every citizen. Everyone knows that Martin Luther King Jr. was a very influential figure during the mid 1900s, but many are unaware of the extent he went to to not only give African Americans equal rights but also ameliorate the community as a whole. The text strengthens the reader's understanding of the Civil Rights Movement and every historical event that contributed to equal rights. Various sources such as The King Center and The History Network allow the understanding of "The World House" to be seen in a variety of views, but also shows the readers more of who Martin Luther King Jr. was, how he impacted all races and social classes, and his influence on poverty throughout the world. Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader for a little under thirteen years and achieved more progress in the civil rights movement than the previous 350 years. He acquired many of his ideas through Christian faith and Gandhi's teachings to lead a nonviolent movement that would change history forever (Martin Luther King Jr."). He used his ethics revolving around community and the equality of everyone worldwide to create long lasting affects through civil disobedience and organized protests. Due to his exceptional accomplishments he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 ("About Dr. King). Even though Malcom X had the same intentions, nonviolence protests were vastly more effective and caused less conflict for the police to resolve ("About Dr. King"). His power and confidence showed not only through his speeches, but even through the words written in his novels.

During the Civil Rights Movement, everything revolved around African Americans rights and making the community whole and united; however, worldwide poverty was highly overlooked by many. Due to Martin Luther King Jr.'s honorable status as a leader, he shared many of his ideas to the government about increasing every families' economic status to middle class. With the help of this novel he was able to share the awakening truths of most of the world's economic struggles. "The World House" is exactly how it sounds. Martin Luther King Jr. describes the world as a home for many people of varying races, beliefs, cultures, and ethics. Through all these differences people must learn to coexist and work together. 

There are many predicaments that can lead to poverty and many questions that can be raised when it comes to how someone could get to such a poor state of life. Many seem to blame the person that is in poverty, but is it truly their fault? During the mid 1900s poverty was not formed from people who were too lazy to get jobs or the one's who refused to finish school. Many aspects contributed to what resulted in poverty. People were not always equal; it was seemingly likely that a white man would get a job before an African American or women. This problem is still even present in today's society. In the 1900s, it was extremely unlikely for an African American to even be able to work in the same workplace as white men. Due to this injustice, many African Americans lived in poverty or way below the middle class. It was nearly impossible for other races to compete with white men who already had a strong advantage to begin with. Poverty was likely caused by the color of skin tone and the lack of education given to them. Early on in the 1900s, most schools were segregated and African Americans received a much lower education due to the lack of books and supplies needed to properly teach the students ("Women, Settlements and Poverty").

The King Center explains all of King's plans and values during his main decade of leadership. Through some of America's most disastrous times like the Vietnam War, he voiced his opinions on all matters. In December of 1967, Martin Luther King Jr. formed the Poor People's Campaign that focused on the strengthening of the government's antipoverty efforts ("The King Center"). Around this time, King's popularity began to decline but the continued to preach his efforts in hope for a change in the morals of many Americans. King recruited many SCLC workers to come to Washington D.C. in an effort to lobby about their rights and participate in a strake in Memphis, Tennessee ("The King Center"). Sanitation workers and sympathizers joined the march in order to support antipoverty efforts; however, some young African Americans began to throw stones at the marchers in efforts to stop the strike. Even though there was an uprising in the community's violence, King continued to fight for equality and for the rights of African Americans, the poor community, and even low class white Americans. Many conclusions can be made about Martin Luther King Jr. as a leader, but after the information provided by these sources, new views are made of who he truly was. He was a representative of all Americans; he did not single out different races or different social classes; King treated every single American equally, like they truly deserved. He was everyone's leader and in the end everyone ended up respecting him as one of the greatest historic figures of all time.

Martin Luther King Jr. not only focused on poverty in the United States, but also worldwide. He wanted to show America that not everything revolved around race and used the subject of poverty to help unify the community in order to create a positive impact on the surrounding countries. A major point that king makes involves the ability for people to overlook the past. He wanted people to change their morals in order to truly make peace with the world as our home. As easy as King made it seem, an abundant amount of people found it nearly impossible to change their views. As a result, poverty continued. King soon began to speak to large government figures including the president of how to resolve the issue. America was full of so many wealthy families, he wished for many people to share the wealth so poverty would become close to nonexistent ("Women, Settlements and Poverty"). In the 1900s and even now, people in other countries were dying of starvation and hunger where people in America were living with luxurious amenities. By knowing most of this information, it increased the power of King's chapter in tremendous ways. If people back then really knew the extent of poverty, they would be able to take his speech and try to make a change with how people were living and being treated.

Martin Luther King Jr. was an influential figure during the mid 1900s and created many speeches and novels leading to equal rights for all Americans. Through reading "The World House" a glimpse of King's power is seen through the captivating words that changed the United States history forever. By examining the work and obtaining background information the novel's chapter is understood through a new view and shows the reader a different perspective of Martin Luther King Jr.'s achievements. He was not only an influential leader when it came to race equality, but was also a leader for poverty and worldwide peace. This is one of the reasons why King became so inspirational and powerful. He wasn't one sided and did not believe in violence as the way for action to finally be made. He believed that poverty was not a new concept, but due to the resources and new technologies that were obtainable he continued to fight to get rid of it. Many sources attribute to the long list of success's that King had; the more that is read, it is found that a deeper understanding is made of who Martin Luther King Jr. truly was.

