How Did Martin Luther King Influence The Civil Rights Movement?

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Dr. Martin Luther King was an efficient leader in the civil rights movement because he was able to prosper for equality in a non-violent way. To start off with, he influenced others by attaining a social and political change in a way that violence did not outbreak resulting in a more powerful and unified resistance. Moreover, in the article '' A eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King Junior'', Robert F. Kennedy, commented, '' We can make an effort as MLK did to understand, to comprehend and to replace that violence that stain of bloodshed... with an effort to understand with compassion and love''(Lines# 14-17). In other words, Kennedy is trying to remind the audience, the civil rights movement, that as when MLK was alive they should follow his footsteps