... this environment that Martin Luther King was enabled to become one of the most powerful and influential leaders for nonviolent social change in the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King provided a new perspective to the civil rights movement, drawing inspiration from both his faith as well as the non-violent teachings of Mahatma Ghandi. King led various nonviolent movements in the late ... providing African Americans an immense milestone in there pursue of equality. (The Montgomery Bus Boycott, 2014, MLK Encyclopedia) The boycott was one of the first victories for the civil rights mo...

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