According to Martin Luther King jr. why does nonviolent direct action seek to create a crisis

Martin Luther King Jr., in response to those who asked him why didn't he call for negotiations, says that is exactly the purpose of the nonviolent direct action. To create a crisis and create the tension that will lead to negotiations in society that has for a long time ignored the problem and the requests for any kind of negotiations.

Martin Luther said that Nonviolent direct action seeks to create a crisis because it promotes tension that a community has refused to negotiate. They were forced to confront the issue. It also dramatizes the issue or gets it hyped so that it can no longer be ignored.