The steps that Martin Luther King Jr outlined for a non violent campaign in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" were the following:
Gathering of facts.
Negotiation.
Self-purification.
Direct action.
-Gather of facts. It refers to the collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist. The injustices referred to the discriminatory treatment of African-Americans in the judicial process in Birmingham and the bombing of African-American homes and churches.
-Negotiation. He advocated for a "dialogue" between African-American leaders and the leaders of the city to ensure the fairer treatment of African Americans in the city.
-Self purification. This involved the creation of a number of workshops to educate people about nonviolence to ensure that people were able to face violence from others without retaliating and understood the reality of going to jail.
-Direct action. The final step, it involved getting the community together and marching in public.