Martin Luther King Jr Civil Disobedience

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Civil disobedience is the refusal to obey certain laws, but in a peaceful form of political protests. Martin Luther King Jr. is the best example of a form of civil disobedience for the Civil rights Movement and many more through the late 1950s to the late 1960s. ‘’Martin Luther King Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protest, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience.’’
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 at his family home in Atlanta, Georgia where he grew up to be to find his true calling for being a leader for equal rights. His grandfather, , came a profession where he would be the pastor to Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. this profession also became the tradition throughout the

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