Student movements

Martin Luther King, Jr., made history, but he was also transformed by his deep family roots in the African-American Baptist church, his formative experiences in his hometown of Atlanta, his theological studies, his varied models of religious and political leadership, and his extensive network of contacts in the peace and social justice movements of his time. Although King was only 39 at the time of his death, his life was remarkable for the ways it reflected and inspired so many of the twentieth century’s major intellectual, cultural, and political developments.

King later attends a SNCC meeting at Morehouse College.

Students at Florida A&M launch a bus boycott in response to the arrest of two female students on 26 May.

King meets with the student advisory committee to discuss the protests in Atlanta.

King meets with Atlanta student leaders.

At Atlanta University’s Harkness Hall, King meets with local leaders to form a committee to assist the lunch counter desegregation efforts in the city.

Still in Buffalo, King addresses a youth rally.

At Atlanta’s Wheat Street Baptist Church, King addresses student protesters at an event commemorating the sixth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.