confronted the issues of racism and segregation. Martin Luther King Jr. grew up in the South, which was a very segregated area during the 1950s and 1960s. King first became involved in the civil rights movement in 1955. On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, an African American woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man. As a result, Parks was arrested. King and other African American citizens met and planned to boycott the buses of the city. Martin Luther King Jr. became the leader of the yearlong boycott. King was harassed, and his house was bombed as a result of the boycott. However, he did not let this stop him from trying to end racism and
confronted the issues of racism and segregation. Martin Luther King Jr. grew up in the South, which was a very segregated area during the 1950s and 1960s. King first became involved in the civil rights movement in 1955. On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, an African American woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man. As a result, Parks was arrested. King and other African American citizens met and planned to boycott the buses of the city. Martin Luther King Jr. became the leader of the yearlong boycott. King was harassed, and his house was bombed as a result of the boycott. However, he did not let this stop him from trying to end racism and