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In 1956, Martin Luther King Jr. emerged as a prominent leader during the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which began after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person. King, then a young pastor, was elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, which coordinated the boycott. His leadership helped to galvanize the African American community and drew national attention to the Civil Rights Movement. The boycott lasted for over a year and ultimately led to a Supreme Court ruling that declared bus segregation unconstitutional.

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