you may well ask: \why direct action? why sit ins, marches and so forth? isnt negotiation a better path?\…

you may well ask: \why direct action? why sit ins, marches and so forth? isnt negotiation a better path?\ you are quite right in calling for negotiation. indeed, this is the very purpose of direct action. nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. it seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. my citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent resister may sound rather shocking. but i must confess that i am not afraid of the word \tension.\ i have what is kings conclusion in this passage? he is shocked by the tension of protest. negotiation is better than protest. he is not afraid of tension. tension is necessary for growth. done

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