United StatesMartin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and the most prominent leader of the civil rights movement. He championed nonviolent resistance to segregation and later turned to poverty and opposition to the Vietnam War until his assassination in 1968.
In the 12 Axes register, Martin Luther King Jr. leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Internationalism 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Martin Luther King Jr. sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centrist
Pressed federal government to enforce civil rights over states
Representative Democracy
Led campaigns for voting rights and the Voting Rights Act
Liberal
Defended civil liberties and nonviolent protest
Internationalism
Called for a 'world house' beyond narrow national loyalty
Pacifist
Preached nonviolence; condemned the Vietnam War in 1967
Multiculturalist
Sought integration; built 'a multiracial army of the poor'
Social Democratic
Organized the 1968 Poor People's Campaign for economic justice
Regulationism
Advocated an economic bill of rights
Moderate
No distinct position on trade
Religious
Baptist minister who grounded activism in Christian faith
Progressive
Led the movement against segregation
Neutral
No distinct position on technology
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Martin Luther King Jr. is at Internationalism 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Martin Luther King Jr. is at Democratic 68%, almost the register median of Democratic 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.nobelprize.org
Portrait: Associated Press, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
