Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was the most prominent African American civil rights leader in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s.
He promoted nonviolent protest through:
- marches
- boycotts
- civil disobedience
Major movement actions included:
- the Montgomery bus boycott
- the March on Washington
- legal challenges to segregation
Important
King was deeply influenced by nonviolence and became a global symbol of peaceful resistance.