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    Martin Luther King Impact

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    African Americans greatly by organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott, leading the Civil Rights Movement, and ending segregation. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a positive impact on all races, regardless of their involvement of agreement or disagreement. One event organized by Dr. King was the formation of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. The purpose of the boycott was to gain equal rights for all races within the city’s transportation system. “The Montgomery Bus boycott was not the first of its kind…

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    “Life's most persistent and urgent question is, What are you doing to others?” Michael Luther King Jr was born on January 15, 1929,in Atlanta, Georgia. He was renamed Martin, just like his dad. He was raised by his parents, Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. When Martin was a child, he could not understand why black people and white people were not treated equally. Martin`s parents taught him to be respectful and kind to others. Martin Luther King Jr. is inspirational…

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    Martin Luther king is one of the hero and leader of the human being who fought for the equality taking the path of nonviolence and peace. He is remembered once in a year on his honor in the United State. He is one of the non president who is honored with public holiday. King led the Civil Rights Movement in the United State from the mid 1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. King who was born in the Atlanta Georgia. He is one of the Babtist minister and civil rights activist who played…

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    In response to her arrest the Montgomery black community launches a bus boycott, which will last for more than a year, until the buses are desegregated Dec. 21, 1956. As newly elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA), Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., is instrumental in leading the boycott.” The Bus Boycott was a big event in the south back then as for they refused to get on buses and some whites lost jobs for this.“The Montgomery Bus Boycott officially started on…

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    always be at the front of this cause and be part of it. And if any danger came he would stand his ground because he cared a lot about what he did and was to do. He also brought people together by doing peaceful marches (protests) in the city of Montgomery. He also spoke to the people through his speeches. His most famous speech is the, “ I have a Dream”…

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    Louise McCauley on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her defiance of giving up her seat on a bus for a white passenger got her arrested and she had to pay a $10 court fee but that paid off because it lead to many boycotts and riots that finally Montgomery, Alabama withdrew the law of segregation on public buses. During her early childhood she was discriminated by the color of her skin. Because she was colored she had to attend segregated schools. Colored students were forced to walk while…

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    I have dream Martin Luther king was born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. He was the first son and second born, he was born to a very Christian family. His father was a minster. At a young age martin show the need for the social change King first came across discrimination, aged six, when he and a white friend were sent to different schools. Aged 14, King was forced to give up his bus seat for a white passenger on a ride home from Georgia. He had just won a contest, with a speech about…

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    if someone considered "white" wanted your seat, they'd ask you to move. That is what life was like for many Black people living in the United States during institutionalized segregation over 60 years ago., and Rosa Parks, a seamstress working in Montgomery, Alabama, was no exception. Preceded by Claudette Colvin, another woman…

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    On December 1, 1955, a rather cold day in Montgomery, Alabama, a 42 year old seamstress, Rosa Parks, got on the Cleveland Avenue bus after a long day of work. She sat down with no intention to start a fight(“Rosa Parks”Biography.com). As a black woman, she was required to sit in the back of the bus according to the laws of segregation at that time. Whites and blacks were segregated in many ways of life - restaurants, drinking fountains, public bathrooms as well as all forms of public…

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    along with many other activists played a very crucial role towards the second reconstitution. The Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-56 was held under his straight direction. It happened when a lady named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus. New policies developed in 1956 to rule out racial discrimination on public transports (“Martin Luther…

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