In 1955 an African American woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus to a white man and she was arrested for breaking a segregation law
Birmingham police moved against the protesters with clubs and attack dogs Martin was arrested and placed in solitary confinement where he wrote his famous letter from Birmingham jail
In August 1963 Martin and other civil rights leaders brought together about 250,000 people for a huge protest called the march in Washington Martin said I Have a dream speech