Martin Luther King was the leader of the African American Civil Rights movement and a significant player in helping to enforce the equal treatment of people.He fought against Segregation , and more famously he was involved in the Montgomery bus boycott, along with Rosa Parks.During a campaigne in Birmingham (america) 1963 , non violent protests took place in which black people would do sit-ins and stand in silence the aim was to openly contradict the laws against them. the police where said to have used highly unnecessary force including Water Jets and dogs. Soon after this protest King was arrested for the 19th time. but this only increased his popularity and whilst inside he wrote letters from Birmingham jail calling for people to conitue used legal channels for social change.
April 3rd King was shot from the second floor balcony of a hotel. His assassination led to wide spread race riots, and his killer was supposedly James Earl Ray and white american , However there are still conspiracy theories behind the attack. Below is a video of Martin Luther King' most famous speak but even though an important speech where it was said, I feel is more significant. It was said during a mass march on Washington , thousands of people came to support the fight for equality, and I think that that is the significant turning point in the civil rights movement.
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