im Crow laws, they wondered if they could fight other laws concerning segregation. King and black ministers met to form a new group to fight segregation. The group was called southern Christian Leadership Conference, or SCLC. King was elected president and to encourage blacks to support nonviolence. He told them to act calm and with dignity. (de Kay 49) He told them not to obey the unfair laws; they much have the courage to refuse and sooner or later the with leaders would get tired and change the laws. Since this was the way Gandhi won, he believed in it. King also believed in sit-ins, this was when people who were not allowed to eat in a certain restaurant sat down and waited to be served, even though they knew they would not be served they just sat there. Those people got harassed and taunted but because of their courage to refuse, white leaders gave in and again blacks had won another battle. (Harris 78)Lather after the sit-ins came the freedom rides. This was sit-ins on buses traveling from state to state where segregation still existed. Martin Luther King Jr. did not win in Albany, but he learned something very important. He couldnt fight a city with a couple of people he needed an army. This was when he took a huge step toward the massive march in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. People, both blacks and whited marched in numbers over 250,000 people. (de Kay 73) When they reached, many black leaders gave speeches, but King gave a speech that America will never forget. With meaningful power he said, I have a dream. Those word shook the nation causing an emotional breakdown of tears. Many people flet that there was hope for racial unity. It was a day t;hat would never be forgotten by anyone who was there.In October of 1964, the government of Norway declared that Martin Luther King Jr. was the youngest person ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. He took back to America the medal and 54,000 dollars; he gave that...
