Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist and Baptist minister who played a key role in the American civil rights movement. He held peaceful movements from 1954 up to his death on April 4, 1968. Mr. King had four kids in his lifetime with his wife, Coretta Scott King. While three out of the four children are still alive today and spreading the King name.
One of the movements was the bus boycott. In december of 1955, Rosa Parks, decided to not sit in the back of the bus and got arrested. After her arrest King and the chairman of the NAACP called a public meeting that decided the African Americans were urged to boycott the segregated city buses and the MIA (Montgomery Improvement Association). The boycott lasted a year until the bus company surrendered. After that King became a hero overnight. He was then elected president of the MIA but since then he was in danger. His home was destroyed and him and several other MIA leaders were were threatened, harassed, arrested, and jailed.
As Martin Luther King got farther into the civil rights movement he delivered his “I had a dream speech”. On August 28, 1963 King released his “I Have A Dream Speech” in Washington D.C. in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Over …show more content…
King to reassess the nonviolent civil rights movement. Although he maintained his commitment to nonviolence he understood the intense frustration experienced by African Americans when their own nonviolent tactics left them open to dangerous violence from the hostility. Getting involved in the war has found himself progressively pushing towards leadership in antiwar groups. King was arrested on April 12 and temporarily imprisoned. During his imprisonment, King wrote a civil rights platform called “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” In this letter to a group of white clergymen, King impressively defended the use of civil disobedience as a way of achieving social
One of the movements was the bus boycott. In december of 1955, Rosa Parks, decided to not sit in the back of the bus and got arrested. After her arrest King and the chairman of the NAACP called a public meeting that decided the African Americans were urged to boycott the segregated city buses and the MIA (Montgomery Improvement Association). The boycott lasted a year until the bus company surrendered. After that King became a hero overnight. He was then elected president of the MIA but since then he was in danger. His home was destroyed and him and several other MIA leaders were were threatened, harassed, arrested, and jailed.
As Martin Luther King got farther into the civil rights movement he delivered his “I had a dream speech”. On August 28, 1963 King released his “I Have A Dream Speech” in Washington D.C. in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Over …show more content…
King to reassess the nonviolent civil rights movement. Although he maintained his commitment to nonviolence he understood the intense frustration experienced by African Americans when their own nonviolent tactics left them open to dangerous violence from the hostility. Getting involved in the war has found himself progressively pushing towards leadership in antiwar groups. King was arrested on April 12 and temporarily imprisoned. During his imprisonment, King wrote a civil rights platform called “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” In this letter to a group of white clergymen, King impressively defended the use of civil disobedience as a way of achieving social