Martin Luther King Jr. and the struggle for Civil Rights

Many individuals define the civil rights movement to be the collective efforts of African Americans to secure equal access to opportunities for the basic privileges and rights of a U.S. citizen. One of the most visible advocates of nonviolence and direct action, as a method for equality is, Martin Luther King Jr. King was an American clergyman and one of the principal leaders of the civil rights movement in the United States and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. For more than a decade, from 1955-1968, King led a peaceful twentieth century revolution. King's unique style of non vi…