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But, before the boycott even began, four days previous, an African American woman named Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on the bus for a white male. Ultimately, the Supreme Court directed Montgomery to unify their buses, in this occurrence arose a pastor named Martin Luther King Jr as the prominent leader of this boycott in which it further lead to his rise with many other non violent American civil rights movements. Some historians would argue that it was Martin Luther King Jr’s background as a pastor that made him the powerful and successful leader he was and not just this event specifically but because of the way he could interact with the people of Montgomery as …show more content…
With Rosa Parks status and Martin Luther King fairly new to Montgomery during this time, for him to be representing Rosa Parks position as spokesperson and the rest of the NAACP, the African American community were fairly dependent on him to provide a better and fair system throughout, starting with the bus system. The people of Montgomery needed someone to confide in and trust and because Rosa had been arrested, King was there hope in the corrupt and unfair system they lived in. King’s timing was just perfect, him fairly just moving to Montgomery, being a pastor at the time there too and during the Jim Crow Laws impacted his rank even more. The more King spoke about the event itself and how he, and many other members of the NAACP, could help to “fix” the problems in Montgomery starting with this boycott because it was the first incident in which sparked major response. This event not only demonstrated a protest against segregation but an emergence of a leader who spoke for the African American community that was afraid to do so, illustrated the struggle to commence the American dream of freedom and equality. King’s approaches in resolving the boycott were proven to be functional and