Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Influence
of Martin
Luther King Jr
- protests
- methods used
- sit-ins; they rufused to leave untill
their demands were met
- He used large scale
marches like the
March on Washington and
gave epic speeches like "i have a dream"
- bus boycotts; black people would not give up their seat for a white
person
- all of his protests were non-violent
- violence vs non-violence
- martin luther king believed that non violent
protests were more effective because they
would attract more white peoples support
- did all blacks agree
- no! some people such as
Malcolm X believed that non
violent protests were taking to
long to force a change into how
blacks were treated
- non violent protests from M.L.K Jr gave blacks
support from the media and therefore gained a lot
of white support
- how successful was
he?
- some could argue and say
that Martin Luther King's
protests took to long to force
a change onto how blacks
were treated
- he gained support from a
lot of white people with
non violent protests
- he convinced JFK to put the civil
rights act into congress which stopped
segregation
- won the nobel peace
prize in 1964
- i believe that he changed peoples views on black people
a lot and gained a lot of support however thing would not
have been so successful for blacks without Malcolm X and
othe violent protesters