“Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice” (King Jr. 5). Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. He was a civil rights activist and led the Civil Rights Movement. He played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. played such an important and powerful role during the 1950’s. King fought to end segregation, earn civil rights and led the liberation movement.
King led the civil rights movement with the non-violent acts of civil disobedience.
Martin Luther King never sided with the fact that creating violence would solve the problems of society. “Civilization and violence are antithetical concepts. Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial and moral question of our time” (King quoted by Johnson). Kings moral role in this part of time, the civil rights movement was something was a strong act during 1954-1968. There were disagreements and actions that were taken, which others wanted to take into violence,
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As blacks were not allowed to sit in the front of the bus, they were mistreated but King. “We have no alternative but to protest” (King quoted by Lewis). There is no alternative for arguing for what you believe in, in King’s eyes. Kings way to justice is standing up and fighting against the crimes which makes society unrealistic. Although many disliked the actions of Martin Luther King, his movements turned out to be a huge. “Although King’s home was dynamited and his family’s safety threatened, he continued to lead the boycott until,one year and a few weeks later the city’s buses were desegregated”(Lewis). Through all the tragic that happened, King 's wishes upon desegregation became true. While the race to end segregation, King understood the way of society and Leading the Black liberation movement would outset the battle against the system