How Did Martin Luther King Jr Influence The Civil Rights Movement

As A result of Martin Luther King Jr.’s activism, oratory skills, courage, dedication and imagination, he became the perfect icon in the Civil Rights movement among African-American. On April 4, 1968 king was assassinated while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine motel in Memphis. There was assassinations and racisms taking place. First John F. Kennedy was assassinated along with his brother, then later on Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. Also in 1968 Sanitation workers strikes were being taken in place. During that time period in Memphis segregation violence and hatred. It was not a great time period for the blacks in Memphis.

Early life

Mother

His mother Alberta Williams King, was the daughter of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church pastor A. D. Williams, was the wife of Martin Luther King Sr. and the mother of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Trained as a teacher, she was not allowed by local school served as Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. Dr. King described his closeness to his mother in a paper he wrote while at Crozer Seminary. Alberta King was assassinated in the summer of 1974 by Marcus Chenault as she played the organ during a Sunday service at Ebenezer.
Father
father was Sr. Michael King, he was born on December 19, 1899 in Stockbridge, Georgia. Michael King was a religious minister and an figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. In that time period he was the head of the NAACP chapter in Atlanta, civic, and political League. He was the inspiration that made martin luther king jr. to become a active civil rights