Then write 1-2 paragraphs describing one individual you believe has made a significant contribution to Florida and United States history. In your response, explain why this individual's contribution was significant.

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14 June, 19:11

Then write 1-2 paragraphs describing one individual you believe has made a significant contribution to Florida and United States history. In your response, explain why this individual's contribution was significant.

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Brian Ashley · Answer 1

Martin Luther King

He became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. He was a strong worker for civil rights for members of his race. Healso was a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the leading organization of its kind in the nation.

In December, 1955 He accepted the leadership of the first great Negro nonviolent demonstration of contemporary times in the United States,. The boycott lasted 382 days. On December 21, 1956, after the Supreme Court of the United States had declared unconstitutional the laws requiring segregation on buses, Negroes and whites rode the buses as equals. During these days of boycott, King was arrested, his home was bombed, he was subjected to personal abuse, but at the same time he emerged as a Negro leader of the first rank.