Martin Luther King Jr is Africa American role model that help change the world. He helped make the world a better place. But let me tell you about him. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American pastor, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African American Civil Rights Movements. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta,Georgia. He had 4 kids, Dexter Scott King, Yolanda King, Martin Luther King III, & Bernice King. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 6, 1968. The greatest accomplishment of Martin Luther King Jr. was being a Civil Rights leader. He played a large role in several boycotts at the time, such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He also published several books about oppression. His major accomplishments are ending the hate between the blacks and the whites, nobel peace prize winner, created the southern christian leadership conference to direct the civil.King forms the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to fight segregation and achieve civil rights. On May 17, 1957 , Dr. King speaks to a crowd of 15,000 in Washington, D.C. In 1958, the U.S. Congress passed the first Civil Rights Act since reconstruction. Resigns from pastoring the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church to concentrate on civil rights full time. He moved to Atlanta to direct the activities of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.Martin Luther King Jr. had enormous impact on the desegregation of the United States in the 1960's. He had arguable the largest impact of any civil rights leader of his time. King began his civil rights activities in 1955 when he protested Montgomery's segregated bus system. The protest was started after an African American bus passenger by the name of Rosa Parks was arrested after failing to give up her seat to a white passenger. After the arrest African Americans encouraged others to boycott the Montgomery bus system. They formed a secret group called the Montgomery Improvement Association and elected King there leader. Throughout Martin Luther Kings speech he uses emotional appeal to relate to the audience, draw the audience in, and bring forth an understanding of segregation and discrimination. " I am not a mindful that some of you have come here out of much trials and tribulations. Some of you have come from fresh narrow jail cells. And some of you have come from areas where your quest-quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality." Martin Luther King, Jr. also had logical appeals. He used logical appeal in his " I Have A Dream " speech. " I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."