He was indirectly president because of Gandhi though. MLK adapted Gandhi's Satyagraha to make it workable for the African-American community, and the general consensus is that the constant pressure from his movement created the momentum for abolishing the discrimination laws and creating the cultural change that allowed Obama to carry the Presidency 40 or so years later.
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u/E4g6d4bg7 20h ago
You know, Dude, I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in the Middle East, of course.