what organization did martin luther king lead?
Civil rights movement Civil disobedience Nonviolence
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 The reputation of Martin Luther King soared after the protests in Birmingham , and he was lauded by many as a hero . The SCLC was much in demand to effect change in many Southern cities . In the summer of 1963 , King led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where he delivered his most famous speech , " I Have a Dream " . King became Time 's Man of the Year for 1963 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 . 

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 Martin Luther King Jr. was held in the Birmingham jail and was denied a consultation with an attorney from the NAACP without guards present . When historian Jonathan Bass wrote of the incident in 2001 , he noted that news of King 's incarceration was spread quickly by Wyatt Tee Walker , as planned . King 's supporters sent telegrams about his arrest to the White House . He could have been released on bail at any time , and jail administrators wished him to be released as soon as possible to avoid the media attention while King was in custody . However , campaign organizers offered no bail in order " to focus the attention of the media and national public opinion on the Birmingham situation " . 

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 In May 1909 , Du Bois attended the National Negro Conference in New York . The meeting led to the creation of the National Negro Committee , chaired by Oswald Villard , and dedicated to campaigning for civil rights , equal voting rights , and equal educational opportunities . The following spring , in 1910 , at the second National Negro Conference , the attendees created the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) . At Du Bois 's suggestion , the word " colored " , rather than " black " , was used to include " dark skinned people everywhere . " Dozens of civil rights supporters , black and white , participated in the founding , but most executive officers were white , including Mary Ovington , Charles Edward Russell , William English Walling , and its first president Moorfield Storey . 

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 More than thirty years later , Satyagraha and the March to Dandi exercised a strong influence on American civil rights activist Martin Luther King , Jr . , and his fight for civil rights for blacks in the 1960s : 

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 After the assassination of Martin Luther King , Jr. in April 1968 , Lindsay feared that rioting would occur in Harlem . He traveled to the neighborhood to express condolences ; Clarence 13X and his followers were among those who accompanied him as he walked the streets . Clarence 13X also instructed his followers to try to prevent violence and looting . He was commended by the city 's leadership for his efforts , and they subsequently agreed to help him publish a book of Five Percenter teachings and portions of the Quran . Willieen Jowers recalled that Clarence 13X admitted that his previous teachings about racial hatred were wrong around this time . He later described himself as " neither anti @-@ white nor pro @-@ black " and saw some of his white contacts with the city as allies in the advancement of his teachings . His white convert was released from state custody and joined his teacher in Harlem during the February 1969 nor 'easter . He was accepted as a Five Percenter , as Clarence 13X maintained that " civilization " — rather than race — was valued by the group . Clarence 13X made possibly contradictory statements about whether white individuals could be reformed . Contrary to his radical reputation , he endorsed some conservative positions in the late 1960s , including capital punishment , respect for the U.S. flag , and American involvement in Vietnam . He also allowed his supporters to attend Christmas celebrations . Knight notes that these shifts may have been intended to decrease suspicions of law enforcement . Clarence 13X was then allowed to visit a juvenile detention center to speak to young Five Percenters and won some concessions from the institution 's leadership . Some secular black leaders disliked him , owing to his supportive comments about the mayor and neglect of revolutionary rhetoric . On one occasion , he was invited to address an audience of black Marxists , then spoke to them about numerology . 
