MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Martin Luther King Jr.

Í fyrsta sinn var ég að heyra að Martin Luther vildi ekki vera minnst eins og hann var sem leiðtoga borgaralegra réttinda eða ´civil rights leader´ eins og hans hefur verið minnst, heldur sem prests.  Eins og pabbi hans og afi á undan honum.
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In 1955, Martin led a year long protest against the bus laws in Montgomery. He decided to do this after a Black woman by the name of Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat for a White man on a city bus. She was sitting in the front of the bus with the White people and not in the back where the Blacks were supposed to sit. Martin asked the Blacks to not ride the buses until this law was changed. It took a whole year for this to happen, but when the law was changed there were no more "White Only" sections on the buses and Blacks were not forced to give up their seat when a White person wanted it.