These informal pictures of the then 27-year-old Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. were taken at his home in Montgomery, Ala.
By the time these pictures were taken, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which King led, had been in place for almost six months, and would continue to run for more than six months further. The Boycott was instigated when Rosa Parks, refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger as instructed by the driver, was arrested. King himself was arrested during the boycott, and his house was bombed.
The boycott was ultimately successful in that it led directly to racial segregation ceasing on Montgomery's buses. It also helped King gain national recognition for the civil rights movement and for himself. via Mashable
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