Do you think that Martin Luther King was the most important factor in improving civil rights during the 1960s?

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Do you think that Martin Luther King was the most important factor

in improving civil rights during the 1960s?

The Civil Rights Movement was at a peak from 1955-1965. Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, guaranteeing basic civil rights for all Americans, regardless of race, after nearly a decade of nonviolent protests and marches, ranging from the 1955-1956 Montgomery bus boycotts to the student-led sit-ins of the 1960s to the huge March on Washington in 1963. Martin Luther King was one of the greatest catalysts for change the world has ever known; his leadership and efforts provided the foundation for the Civil Rights Movement which forced American society to end discriminatory practices. Although he did a lot for black people in America, he was not the only reason the Civil Rights Movement was passed, he was the trigger. Several events before this enabled the Civil Rights Movement to be passed for example the early protests of the 1950s and the international mood for change.

Martin Luther King's use of the media played a huge part in the civil rights movement, it showed people at home how