During the study, Martin Luther King, Jr. to deepen the understanding of theology and explore non-violent tactics of Mahatma Gandhi in social reform. In 1953, Martin Luther King and Ke Ruita Scott married. The next year, he was in Montgomery, Alabama, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church became a priest. In 1955, he received a doctorate in systematic theology.
December 5, 1955, because of a black woman does not give a white man, was sentenced to jail for two years, so the civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to comply with the policy of apartheid on a Montgomery bus, after this, black residents launched on the bus boycott and elected as their leader Kim Association's right to promote new forms of Montgomery. Bus boycott in 1956 for a year, Martin Luther King, Jr. for their leadership and fame. December 1956, the US Supreme Court declared Alabama's law unconstitutional racial segregation, apartheid regulations on Montgomery buses were also abolished. In order to seek further development of Montgomery after the victory, Martin Luther King and other black leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to establish the South in 1957. In 1959, Martin Luther King, Jr. traveled to India and further development of the Gandhi's nonviolent strategy. In 1960, black college students protest wave lifted the seat, which promotes the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Martin Luther King, Jr. to support the student movement, and to create the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's youth division showed interest. 1961 "free ride campaign", the Martin Luther King, Jr. refused to participate in activities because of criticism aggravated his strained relationship with the young militants. Contradiction Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference between students continued in 1961 and 1962 Albany movement.
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April 12, 1963, Martin Luther King and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference leader in Birmingham, Alabama led the massive public demonstrations.
