Part one of term paper
Was Martin Luther King's approach to gaining equal rights effective? What methods did he use, and what methods competed with those of King for the attention of Black activists and the American Public during the 1950's and 1960's? Martin Luther King Jr. Used a very effective, non-violent form of protest, which helped African Americans gain ...

Part two of term paper
... Leadership Conference, which organized boycotts and sit-ins across the country. King gained national attention by using the press and television to denounce segregation. Under King's leadership blacks started acts of civil disobedience against discriminatory laws. King followed the methods of Mohandas Ghandi and Henry David Thoreau. King and his followers held sit-ins at lunch counters and rode on segregated buses. Others in the country boycotted discriminatory companies and their product ...