about Martin Luther King Jr

In 1955, after a full day’s work, Rosa Parks got a bus home. The bus was ‘full’ in the sense that all the seats for white Americans were in use. Parks was seated in a seat for black Americans. A white man got on board and found that all the ‘white’ seats were full. The bus driver told four black Americans to move further down the bus. Three complied but Parks refused to give up her seat and was arrested.

In protest, a boycott of the buses by black Americans in Montgomery began. It was probably the first example of the economic clout that the community had because eventually, the bus company had to desegregate their buses or face serious financial difficulties as very many black Americans used the buses.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott brought the subject of racial segregation to the forefront of American politics. A lawsuit was filed against the racial segregation laws. In addition, the boycott had created a new leader for the civil rights movement in Martin Luther King, Jr. and E. D. Nixon.

The boycott was important because it caught the attention of the entire nation. People around the country were made aware of the event because it was launched on such a massive scale and lasted for more than a year. Furthermore, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was important because it set the tone for the whole civil rights movement. In particular, the boycott gave Martin Luther King a position of leadership within the national movement and showed that the nonviolent method of protest was effective which he was influenced by Gandhi who resist without violent.

Martin Luther King Jr. was faithful pastor and devoted all his lifetime for black people’s rights. It’s the prejudice against black people and just because you have black skin and that doesn’t mean they are inferior. Even those fine looking man, inside their thought would been all rotten or outside it may don’t have the look but inside is all good.  Now we should know better that we don’t judge a person by outside, people are a lot more than just about the color of skin.