How Did Martin Luther King Change Society

These are the words from the greatest man to live during the 20th century, he has changed America’s society in a way no one else has, ever can or will. Martin Luther King Jr. experienced segregation at a very young age. At the age of six years old, two Caucasian kids who he would play with told him that they can no longer play with him. MLK Jr.’s mom informed him that they attended segregated schools meaning that African Americans and Caucasians wasn’t allowed to integrate. She assured him that they were no better and everyone was equal it was just the country that we live in. Growing up Martin Luther King Jr.’s family was financially secure which caused him to grow up getting a better education than other people that was the same color as
This was a rally for Jobs and Freedom, and to bring notice to the challenges that African Americans continued to face in our country. It is remembered as a fight for Civil Rights and Martin Luther King Jr. really inspired the crowd with his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. JFK was the president at the time and joined MLK Jr. in his peaceful protest, it was the largest protest in history. Saving the best for last, MLK Jr. talked about the emancipation proclamation from a former President and how it didn’t really make a change in the world. The African Americans were still being segregated. Martin Luther King wanted peace between black and whites, young and old, his goal was just to make America a peaceful
Rosa Parks is known for not giving up her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Although the rules on the bus was for blacks to fill the back and whites to fill the front and where the sections meet the black people are to let the white people have the seat before they do. Despite the fact that the white bus drivers were very abusive psychically, and verbally Rosa Parks still did not get out of her seat. Rosa Parks was then arrested for her actions, but was later released a $100 bond. Rosa Parks was a member of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People), they had her back the whole way and even had lawyers to represent her in court. Many black organizations and even women organizations came to meet in the basement of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, where MLK Jr. was in attendance. Still protesting peacefully, they came to an agreement that no African American will ride the buses on Monday of December 5th until it is desegregated. These groups of people fighting for their rights came together and named themselves the Montgomery Improvement Association, or the MIA, and they appointed Martin Luther King Jr. as