Martin Luther King Jr. was a reformer, activist, and a revolutionary. King was a Baptist minister and civil rights leader, and his legacy of remaining steadfast in his attempt and commitment to the transformation of American society will forever reverberate throughout history. He is best known for his nonviolent approaches to the injustice and oppression of blacks and challenging the church. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929, to Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams. His family was deep rooted in the African American Baptist church and community. He maternal grandfather was the pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church and after his death, elder King succeeded at the pulpit. Elder King soon established himself as a figure in national and state Baptist groups and lead campaigns against racial discrimination. Experiencing the injustice of racial segregation and the disrespectful and harsh treatment of racial discrimination lead …show more content…
MIA was a group formed by Montgomery black leaders in response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, a woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man. This new group under King’s leadership challenged the existing laws and “norms”, and in return the bus segregation laws were outlawed and labeled unconstitutional. After the victory of the boycott, King founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in hopes of expanding the civil rights movement by coordinating nonviolent activities throughout the region. This organization was made up of political, civic, and religious groups and was formed from ideals of Christianity. The SCLC headquartered in Atlanta and in 1960 he moved back to Atlanta with his wife and children in order to maintain closer contact with the headquarters. King encouraged participants of this group to react to segregation in a nonviolent and peaceful manner in hopes of achieving equal constitutional