What Was The Impact Of Martin Luther King

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Everyone was outraged by this violent attack and they wanted to respond with even more violence. However, Dr. king urged the community to not react with violence. He stated ”We cannot solve problems with violence. We must love our white brothers, no matter what they do to us. We must make them know we love them. Jesus still cries out across the centuries, “love your enemies.” That is what we must live by. We must learn to meet hate with love.” These powerful words changed the community’s perspective. Months later, the Montgomery Improvement Association took the case to the the Supreme Court. The supreme court ruled that the segregation laws in alabama were unconstitutional. On December 21, 1956, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Glenn Smiley,

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