Dr. King was never President of the United States, but he was President of the Montgomery Improvement Association, formed on December 5, 1955. The group consisted of African-American ministers and community leaders whose mission was to "improve the general status of Montgomery, to improve race relations, and to uplift the general tenor of the community."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a charismatic speaker and dynamic leader, was elected Chairman-President at the association's first meeting.
Martin Luther King, Jr., was elected President of the MIA (Montgomery Improvement Association) that was established to organize the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 and 1956.
Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader and pastor of the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, helped Martin Luther King organize the bus boycott. Abernathy was elected Vice-President of the Montgomery Improvement Association, the citizens' organization assembled to manage the boycott. King was elected President of the MIA.
One of the boycotts Martin Luther King jr was in was the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
After Rosa Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955 for refusing to give up her seat on the bus, the Montgomery Improvement Association led a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the president of the organization.
Martin Luther King Jr. led the Montgomery Bus Boycott in Montgomery,Alabama.
Martin Luther King, Jr., was only 26 years old when he was elected to lead the Montgomery bus boycott.
The bus boycott occurred with Martin Luther King on December 5, 1955 in Montgomery.
The two main participants of the Montgomery Bus Boycott are Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks.
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Martin Luther King organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott in response to Rosa Parks' arrest. He led the boycott, which lasted for 381 days, as a peaceful protest against racial segregation on city buses. The boycott eventually resulted in the desegregation of the Montgomery bus system.
the Montgomery bus boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott.