Thrust into the national spotlight in Birmingham, where he was arrested and jailed, King helped organize a massive march on Washington, DC, on August 28, 1963. The bad publicity and break-down of business forced the white leaders of Birmingham to concede to some anti-segregation demands. They marched and protested non-violently, raising the ire of local officials who sicced water cannon and police dogs on the marchers, whose ranks included teenagers and children. In 1963, King and his staff focused on Birmingham, Alabama. Martin Luther King, Jr., a Baptist minister, was a driving force in the push for racial equality in the 1950's and the 1960's.
Board of Education and due to an increase in the activism of blacks, fighting for equal rights. The 1950's were a turbulent time in America, when racial barriers began to come down due to Supreme Court decisions, like Brown v.
People of color - blacks, Hispanics, Asians - were discriminated against in many ways, both overt and covert. In 1950's America, the equality of man envisioned by the Declaration of Independence was far from a reality.
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