What was Martin Luther King Jr's influence on the Civil Rights Movement?

Answer 1

His influence was to make everyone equal, regardless of race, ethnic group, religion, etc.

Martin Luther King Jr is responsible for the rights we have to day, and without him ever living, we would be in a segregated, low tech, country fighting civil war after civil war, blacks against whites.

Martin Luther King Jr's partner, Rosa Parks, helped Martin progress through his career about 20%.

Answer 2

Martin Luther King Jr. has many contributions to society that it will take a whole book to discuss it. Here is some of his most famous work:

1. Leadership:

· December 21, 1956 - The Montgomery buses were desegregated.

· January 1957 - King Jr. became president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

· February 1960 - He became assistant pastor to his father at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.

· March 17 to 25, 1965 - King Jr., along with other protestors, marched from Selma to Montgomery as they voiced their right to vote.

· March 28, 1968 - In Memphis, Tennessee, he lead striking sanitation workers on a march that tragically ended in violence.

· April 3, 1968 - He lead another march in a rally at Mason Temple.

2. Books and Awards

· February 18, 1957 - He was on the cover of Time magazine.

· September 1958 - First book published: Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story

· 1963 - Second book published: Strength to Love.

· June 1964 - Third book published: Why We Can't Wait.

· December 10, 1964 - Martin Luther King Jr. won the Noble Peace Prize.

· June 1967 - Fourth book published: Where Do We Go From Here?

3. Famous Speeches:

· May 17, 1957 - "Give Us The Ballot", a speech he delivered during the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom at Lincoln Memorial.

· August 28, 1963 - "I Have a Dream", a speech he delivered during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at Lincoln Memorial.

· April 3, 1968 - "I've Been to the Mountaintop", a speech he delivered during a rally at Mason Temple.

4. Famous People He Met:

· June 23, 1958 - Martin Luther King Jr. met with President Eisenhower.

· October 16, 1961 - King Jr. met with President Kennedy.

· January 18, 1964 - He met President Lyndon B. Johnson.

· March 26, 1964 - King Jr. met Malcolm X.

Music and Martin Luther King Jr.

At his funeral, his friend Mahalia Jackson sang his favourite song "Take My hand, Precious Lord."

Answer 3

what was martin Luther kin jr controbution

Answer 4

He was a big change in the Black American movement.

Answer 5

Martin Luther, with his passion, became the voice of the Civil Rights Movement, much in the same way Thomas Jefferson was the voice of the American Revolution.