In mathematics and statistics, the term arithmetic mean is preferred over simply mean because it helps to differentiate between other means such as geometric and harmonic mean. Statistical mean is the most common term for calculating the mean of a statistical distribution.
There were, in my opinion, two main reasons for this: 1  I believe that Dr. King believed that nonviolence was a more moral strategy than one that included violence. 2  King also believed that nonviolence was a more effective way to get people on the side of the protestors.
He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. The site is now home to the National Civil Rights Museum. Establishing a holiday in honor of Dr. King was a long process, full of controversy. The holiday was first proposed just four days after King's death by John Conyers, a Democratic congressman from Michigan. The bill failed to pass year after year.