Martin Luther King was an incredibly influential civil rights leader and activist who did amazing things with his short lived life. This is clear through all of the people he has inspired and the Nobel peace prize he was rewarded in 1964. During the time period from 1950 to 1960, Martin Luther King helped, and caused a vast difference in the lifestyle the Americans lived with all of the non-violent protests he ran. It is clear at how much impact he had on society by the fact that there is a Martin Luther King day in the U.S that has remained a federal holiday since 1986. Martin Luther King was born on January the 15th 1929. He was brought up in Atlanta, Georgia by his mother, Alberta Williams King, and his father, Michael King Sr. He was