How Did Martin Luther King Impact Society

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American civil rights leader who lived in the South when racial problems were a colossal issue. He had many moments in his life that helped changed his beliefs and actions later in his life, these were his personal experiences, his mentors that helped him on his life and later throughout his nonviolent movement and his education helped him understand the racial problems and the laws that needed to be followed.
The first thing that as a young person changed his beliefs and actions as an adult is because of the many experiences he had. At the age of six Martin Luther King Jr.’s friends stopped playing with him because their parents did not want them playing with someone from a different race. This experience taught him the many racial issues everyone faces in the world and later was one of the reasons that he started the nonviolent movement. Another experience he had was when he was in high school and he did a speech about laws, he said the 13th 14th and 15th commandments, but when martin was on a bus returning home a white passenger kicked them out of their seats. According to “Heeding the Call by Diana Childress”, “They stood in the aisle for the 90 mile trip.” This was one reason that caused Martin to strive to change the laws about racial issues on buses, and start the Montgomery bus boycott.
It says in the passage that Martin Luther King Junior’s dad stood up to a shoe store owner that told them to move to the colored section of the store, Martins dad did not except this and said “We will buy shoes sitting here or we won’t buy them at all!” This showed M.L, martin Luther king junior’s nickname as a child, that people must stand up for what is right. Another mentor for M.L was his mom she told M.L that he is as good as anyone shaping his belief that everyone is