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On Dec. 31, 1955, he led the nonviolent [[boycott]] of city buses of [[Montgomery]], [[Alabama]], after [[Rosa Parks]] was arrested for not moving to the back of the bus.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060112012825/https://thekingcenter.org/mlk/chronology.html Chronology of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (archive, WayBack machine)]</ref>   

On Dec. 31, 1955, he led the nonviolent [[boycott]] of city buses of [[Montgomery]], [[Alabama]], after [[Rosa Parks]] was arrested for not moving to the back of the bus.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060112012825/https://thekingcenter.org/mlk/chronology.html Chronology of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (archive, WayBack machine)]</ref>   

Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] invited King to Washington, D.C., for a meeting on 13 June 1957. This meeting, described by [[Bayard Rustin]] as a “summit conference,” marked [[national]] recognition of King's role in the civil rights movement (Rustin, 13 June 1957). Seeking support for a voter registration initiative in the South, King appealed to Nixon to urge Republicans in Congress to pass the 1957 Civil Rights Act and to visit [[the South]] to express support for civil rights. Optimistic about Nixon's commitment to improving race relations in the United States, King told Nixon, “How deeply grateful all people of goodwill are to you for your assiduous labor and dauntless courage in seeking to make the civil rights bill a reality.” Sen. [[John Kennedy]] voted for a weakening amendment to the 1957 Civil Rights Act, which created the [[Justice Department]]'s Civil Rights Division.

Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] invited King to Washington, D.C., for a meeting on June 13, 1957. This meeting, described by [[Bayard Rustin]] as a “summit conference,” marked national recognition of King's role in the civil rights movement (Rustin, 13 June 1957). Seeking support for a voter registration initiative in the South, King appealed to Nixon to urge Republicans in Congress to pass the 1957 Civil Rights Act and to visit [[the South]] to express support for civil rights. Optimistic about Nixon's commitment to improving race relations in the United States, King told Nixon, “How deeply grateful all people of goodwill are to you for your assiduous labor and dauntless courage in seeking to make the civil rights bill a reality.” Sen. [[John Kennedy]] voted for a weakening amendment to the 1957 Civil Rights Act, which created the [[Justice Department]]'s Civil Rights Division.

Rev. King wrote his most famous writing, “Letter From A Birmingham Jail” (1963), while imprisoned for demonstrating against segregated eating facilities.

Rev. King wrote his most famous writing, “Letter From A Birmingham Jail” (1963), while imprisoned for demonstrating against segregated eating facilities.