Martin Luther King Influence

Martin Luther King was one of the major key leaders and activist who had a big influence on the African American society during the movement. King’s strong belief in nonviolent protest help to set the attitude of the civil rights movement. Protest, marches, and boycotts were soon effected and much legislation was passed against racial discrimination. His uncommon public speaking skills and bravery first engaged national attention in 1955, when he and other civil rights activist were arrested after leading a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama transportation company that required non-whites to give up their seats to whites. Later on, over 250,000 protestors marched to Washington DC, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his most well known “I