Martin Luther King Jr. during Civil Rights Movement

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King's interest in nonviolence became a central tenet of his leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and helped lead a young generation of African Americans to promote desegregation through peaceful sit-ins.

Courtesy of Atlanta History Center.

Martin Luther King Jr. during Civil Rights Movement

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