The whole experience at Crozer was a true eye-opener for King. For Crozer allowed King to experience non-segregation, and a treatment by whites which could have never existed anywhere in the south. King knew that the south had to change its mentality, but violence should not be used to cause the change. Upon, graduating from Crozer, King enrolled at Boston University, to receive a PhD, and complete his studies. When King was at Boston, he met a young, intelligent, and artistic woman by the name of Coretta Scott. After his graduation at Boston, King married Coretta; they would eventually go on to have two sons and two daughters. .
(Family Education Network 2).
In 1954, King accepted his first job as a pastor in a Montgomery, Alabama church. King's sermons were constantly advocating change in the South towards its citizens of color, and stressing equality for all people. In addition, King held memberships in several equal rights organizations. King's extreme dedication to equality quickly brought him notoriety, throughout the Southern States. Such notoriety led to King becoming the mastermind behind the non-violent demonstrations. The most famous of these demonstrations, was during 1955, in which King boycotted the Montgomery bus lines for unequal policies. The bus lines in Montgomery required that blacks sit in the back of the bus, and whites in the front. In addition, blacks were required to surrender their seat to a white, if he or she wished to. It was 382 days later, when the boycott ended by the Supreme Court ruling the segregation on buses illegal. For King, this was a great public victory; however personally, it was not quite the case. During the boycott, on several occasions, King was physically abused, arrested, and even his house was bombed. Nonetheless, King weathered the storm and looked ahead to building the next steps for his dream of equality. .
(Edna 1).
In 1957, King was elected president of a new organization called; The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC).