Martin Luther King’s studying helped him become the most important civil rights leader. In college King found his answer to end segregation, from the two people they said that the most powerful weapon against lack of fairness is when you use nonviolent action civil disobedience (Ganeri 8).When MLK was studying at Crozer he found the answer on how to end segregation. The answer was to do it peacefully because he learned …show more content…
This was his legacy which helped him become the most important civil rights leader.While Martin Luther King was in Birmingham Jail he wrote a letter. In his letter he is at his lowest point, the letter states what they are going to(African Studies Center UPenn).This leader as an artifact is part of King’s legacy. He had many things go done but this was a single letter. This letter was famous for how much detail and importance was in it. King did many bigger things such as speeches and sermons, but this little letter happens to become famous. That shows how important King was.In August 2011 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Monument was opened to the public in Washington, DC. , in honor of a famous and great civil rights leader(World Book Online Student).”Many people went to see the monument. “The stone is called "Stone of Hope" in honor of his "I have a Dream" speech” (World Book Online Student). King was so important that they made a monument for him. This shows that he did not just do a little things like other civil rights leader he did major things that made him go down in