Montgomery Bus Boycott

The leader of the Bus Boycott was a local preacher called Martin Luther King who formed the 'Montgomery Improvement Association' to orgnaise the boycott - and the protest made him the leader of the Black Civil Rights Movement until his assassination. SO - no Montgomery Bus Boycott, no non-violent direct action, no 'I have a Dream' speech, no Million-Men march etc. 5. During the Boycott, the Ku Klux Klan attacked the homes of Black leaders - this turned public opinion…...

Introduction Martin Luther King Jnr. is perhaps one of the greatest and most remembered black leader to have walked the face of America. He was and still is one of the most revered public figure not only in America, but across the world as well. He is credited greatly to the end of racial segregation in America.    King was born on 15th January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and was the son Reverend Martin Luther King. He played a very…...

Rosa Louise McCauley was born upon February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama to happy parents Leona and James McCauley an instructor and carpenter respectively. After her moms and dads' separation, she went to cope with her grandparents and went to a local school for African American children. Segregation was really common during this time. Whites and Blacks had different churches, schools, shops, elevators and even drinking water fountains. Places often had indications saying "For Colored Only" or "For Whites Only".…...

Both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Aung San Suu Kyi were peacefully resistant social activists who used their views and outlooks on how life should be to change the world around them. While Aung San Suu Kyi lived in Burma and fought for a democracy in her country, Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for equal rights in America. During the movements they were leading and participating in, both Suu Kyi and King wrote exceptionally touching writings that are still seen…...

There is no doubt that MLK shaped the way people campaigned for black civil rights in America during these years however weather that was significant to any head way they did make, one example of his significance is the amount of peaceful protest that was carried out, now that MLK was promoting peaceful protests more people could participate in campaigning for what they believed, this made the supporters for the civil right movement far greater in numbers than ever before…...