MLK, Jr.- Wikipedia Page. Dr.
King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia (the Albany Movement), and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama that attracted national attention following television news coverage of the brutal police response.
King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. "I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" Speech. MLK's Last Speech: "I Have Been To The Mountaintop" Time Magazine- "An Hour of Need" (1968)