Successful Was Luther King's Campaign For Civil Rights In The Years 1955-68
How successful was Martin Luther King’s campaign for civil rights in the years 1955-68?
Martin Luther King’s campaign for civil rights varied in the success it had during the period of 1955-68, while some claimed him just to be a character made up by the media, some a figurehead for the fight for civil rights, how much effect he really had, contrary to popular belief, was little and he did not act alone.
In the Montgomery bus boycott between 1955-56, King played a key role in the campaign for integrated buses, fighting against the Jim Crow laws. King played a vital role in the boycotts, introducing the ideas of car pools and organising mass church meetings as well as fundraising due to his profile. It was during the bus boycotts that King started using one of his most successful methods; non-violent direct action, which was seen in a lot more agreeable methods to those who didn’t support the violence commonly used by some campaigners. However King did not stand alone in the boycotts, with the backing of CORE and the NAACP got the boycotts to a successful conclusion. The boycotts also started the grass root activity, which King believed that both the grass roots and leadership was important to bringing …show more content…
While in jail, in response to a letter he received, King wrote the famous ‘Letter from a Birmingham jail’ which exposed the great injustice they faced, however it had little effect on the federal government. What really got the federal government to intervene was the children’s marches, which was not the concoction of King, but James Bevel. King’s contribution came to a halt after the intervention, however his choice of a racially divisive city in the South was the most effective choice along with his non-violent tactics, which lead to
Martin Luther King’s campaign for civil rights varied in the success it had during the period of 1955-68, while some claimed him just to be a character made up by the media, some a figurehead for the fight for civil rights, how much effect he really had, contrary to popular belief, was little and he did not act alone.
In the Montgomery bus boycott between 1955-56, King played a key role in the campaign for integrated buses, fighting against the Jim Crow laws. King played a vital role in the boycotts, introducing the ideas of car pools and organising mass church meetings as well as fundraising due to his profile. It was during the bus boycotts that King started using one of his most successful methods; non-violent direct action, which was seen in a lot more agreeable methods to those who didn’t support the violence commonly used by some campaigners. However King did not stand alone in the boycotts, with the backing of CORE and the NAACP got the boycotts to a successful conclusion. The boycotts also started the grass root activity, which King believed that both the grass roots and leadership was important to bringing …show more content…
While in jail, in response to a letter he received, King wrote the famous ‘Letter from a Birmingham jail’ which exposed the great injustice they faced, however it had little effect on the federal government. What really got the federal government to intervene was the children’s marches, which was not the concoction of King, but James Bevel. King’s contribution came to a halt after the intervention, however his choice of a racially divisive city in the South was the most effective choice along with his non-violent tactics, which lead to