After his death, she would advance her husband’s legacy by founding the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Activists organize a boycott of the bus system in Montgomery ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution ... efficacy of passive resistance in 1955–56 while helping to lead the prolonged bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, that ...

Often recognized as part of the ‘Holy Trinity’ of Black leaders celebrated during Black History Month—alongside Martin Luther King ... bus, igniting the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott ...

Dr. King’s life and legacy In 1955, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s advocacy began to garner national attention following his leadership in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which occurred after Rosa Parks was ...

Rosa Parks became a civil rights icon for refusing to give up her bus seat, but it led to personal and financial hardship for ...

During the Montgomery Bus Boycott, one night she was at the house with the baby, Yolanda, and there was a thud, and the front porch exploded. The next morning Dr. Martin Luther King Sr.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a civil rights leader born on Jan. 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Ga. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in ...

This year Jan. 20 will be both Donald Trump's Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... prominence during the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott in Alabama. King would go on to become one ...