No group sat down and decided that Martin Luther King would be the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He was active in the movement, an effective speaker, and in the right places at the right times to come to be considered a leader of the movement.
They chose him because he was a well educated man, he was a great speaker, he promoted peace with non-violent methods, and he had great leadership skills.
He achieved a major victory, and the Montgomery buses began to operate on a desegregated basis in 1956. King did organize the March and give his immortal speech, but he was already a prominent civil rights leader. More than 250,000 Americans participated in the March on Washington, one of the largest protest events in American history. King was already a prominent leader of civil rights movement when he was awarded the Nobel prize.
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The Montgomery boycott gave MLK a forum for organizing people in the boycott of the buses.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a prominent civil rights activist. He rose to prominence as a leader of the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, advocating for equality and justice for African Americans through nonviolent protests and civil disobedience.
The message of the civil rights movement is kept alive by having a Black History month and having the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. a national holiday.
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Actually there was no need for his speech, as the social injustices King protested had begun to be addressed in the 1950s and were slowly being solved by the time he gave his speeches.
The Montgomery boycott gave MLK a forum for organizing people in the boycott of the buses.
Martin Luther King was the civil rights leader in the movement. He came to prominence with the bus boycott.
By refusing to gave up her seat on the bus when ordered to do so, Rosa Parks catalyzed U. S. Civil Rights Movement, which eventually led to the abolishment of racial segregation in the South. The event also brought Martin Luther King, Jr. to national prominence.
Montgomery integrated its bus system. The Southern Manifesto was signed. Martin Luther King Jr. came into national prominence. The governor of Arkansas allowed black students.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a prominent civil rights activist. He rose to prominence as a leader of the civil rights movement in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s, advocating for equality and justice for African Americans through nonviolent protests and civil disobedience.
The message of the civil rights movement is kept alive by having a Black History month and having the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. a national holiday.
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