Dr. Martin Luther King had significance with... 1. ...the start of the Civil Rights Movement by helping to organize the Montgomery bus boycott, forming the SCLC and FOR, promoted the successful nonviolent resistances, and organized sit-ins. 2. ...the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) by forming the organization of 60 southern ministers to discuss nonviolent integration. 3. ...the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee by organizing the committee itself, and he also stressed the importance of nonviolent tactics. 4. ...non-violent protests by teaching …
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…self-defense in Oakland in 1966. 3. ...Bobby Seale, because he founded the political party for self-defense in Oakland in 1966. The cities (of the movement) had the significance of... 1. ...Montgomery having the bus boycott. 2. ...Selma having Malcolm X making his speech of racial separation. 3. ...Birmingham having Dr. King make his final speech, still promoting non-violence. 4. ...Washington, D.C. having Dr. King address a crowd of civil rights activists (over 200,000 people) with his famous "I have a dream..." speech.