Martin Luther King Jr., a bright and brilliant man, began his life simple as other young kids would. He attended Morehouse College earning his bachelor of arts degree in sociology. He then continued his college career at both Crozer Theological Seminary and Boston University. Though Dr. King was a successful pastor in Montgomery, he could no longer sit and watch his people withstand acts of discrimination and segregation (Martin Luther King Jr. Biography).
Martin Luther King Jr., really began to take an active position in the Civil Rights Movement after the Rosa Parks accident. In Montgomery Alabama, Rosa Parks was commuting home after a long day. A white man, seatless and “entitled,” made the driver force four blacks to give up their seat in the “black” section so …show more content…
continued his journey to bettering America in February 1960 due to segregation in restaurants. When some college students were denied service at a restaurant because they were black, they began what is known as the “sit-in.” They faced both physical and verbal abuse from white racist (Martin Luther King Jr. Biography). MLK quickly took action to encourage students by having the SCLC, an organization formed by DR.King that would conduct non-violent protest and fight for civil rights, organize a conference. Martin Luther King Jr. encouraged the students to continue with that they were doing, and “by August of 1960, the sit-ins had been successful in ending segregation at lunch counters in 27 southern cities”(Martin Luther King Jr. Biography). Dr. King also held a campaign in Birmingham, Alabama. Though the campaign was ultimately violent and ended in a negative tone, MLK decided to capitalize on that failure and turn it into something greater. On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. drew more than 200,000 people to Washington. At this large gathering of people, he gave his “I Have A Dream” speech (Martin Luther King Jr. Biography). One of his most influential and famous
Martin Luther King Jr., really began to take an active position in the Civil Rights Movement after the Rosa Parks accident. In Montgomery Alabama, Rosa Parks was commuting home after a long day. A white man, seatless and “entitled,” made the driver force four blacks to give up their seat in the “black” section so …show more content…
continued his journey to bettering America in February 1960 due to segregation in restaurants. When some college students were denied service at a restaurant because they were black, they began what is known as the “sit-in.” They faced both physical and verbal abuse from white racist (Martin Luther King Jr. Biography). MLK quickly took action to encourage students by having the SCLC, an organization formed by DR.King that would conduct non-violent protest and fight for civil rights, organize a conference. Martin Luther King Jr. encouraged the students to continue with that they were doing, and “by August of 1960, the sit-ins had been successful in ending segregation at lunch counters in 27 southern cities”(Martin Luther King Jr. Biography). Dr. King also held a campaign in Birmingham, Alabama. Though the campaign was ultimately violent and ended in a negative tone, MLK decided to capitalize on that failure and turn it into something greater. On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. drew more than 200,000 people to Washington. At this large gathering of people, he gave his “I Have A Dream” speech (Martin Luther King Jr. Biography). One of his most influential and famous