Imagine the world without the Civil Rights Movement, more specifically, Martin Luther King Jr. He deserved better and fought little for himself. The people he fought for were the people of the world. People of all races, all genders, all shapes, and all sizes. Martin Luther King Jr’s advocacy of nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement still influences the United States today because there is less segregation and less violent protests. Martin Luther King Jr. was an intelligent man who stood up for what he believed in. He wanted to show the world that after his numerous horrible experiences that he would not back down.
On June 18, 1953, Martin Luther King Jr married a student at the Boston Conservatory of Music. Her name was Coretta Scott. In September, 1954, the King Family moved to Montgomery, Alabama. He was a pastor for the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. This is also where Rosa Parks was arrested for protesting by not giving her seat to a white man while riding a Montgomery Bus. In the December of 1955, the city's African American Leaders opened an organization called the
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The Ratification of the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution and the acceptance of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Ratification abolished the poll tax and added a railing to poor African American Voters in the South. The acceptance of the Civil Rights act forced the extermination of racial discrimination in employment, education, and outlawed segregation in public. Martin Luther King also received the Nobel Peace Prize. Things started to go uphill when segregation became illegal. But on April 4, 1968, at age 39, Martin Luther King Jr was shot by James Earl Ray while standing on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. Besides King’s murder, things started to look up because now there are less violent protests and illegal