Martin Luther King Jr, was known as the dominant leader of the U.S. civil rights movement from 1955 until 1968. Rev. Dr. King was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's teachings which focused on nonviolent protest as the most effective method in putting an end to a racist and unequal society.

However, it demanded demonstrating citizens to his cause.

One of the most revolutionary, nonviolent assemblies King led is the Montgomery bus boycott from 1955 to 1956. It was a rally movement against racial separation in Montgomery's public transit system. The bus boycott started on Dec. 1, 1955, following the arrest of African-American Rosa Parks for not giving up her seat to a white-toned man.

On the next day after Rosa was arrested, Dr. King encouraged the citizens to boycott for public transportation. He proposed the campaign during a church meeting.

The campaign caused a huge shortfall on the transit system. The shortage on the system triggered the successful and effective outcome of the boycott.

In any case, black residents living in Montgomery were not just the major participants of the assembly, but also most of the customers paying for the transit system.

The boycott was indeed successful, but it also went through intense encounters as the White Citizen's Council members, an organization that disagreed with racial integration, firebombed King's residence.

A federal court discovered that the regulations in Montgomery and Alabama that required integrated buses were unauthorized in June 1956. However, a petition was approved in keeping the integration unharmed until Dec. 20, 1956 when the Supreme Court of the U.S. supported the district court's declaration.

The assembly's official end indicated one of the first successes of the civil rights movements. The effective boycott made King one of its key figures and the reason why he became one of the most recognized persons of today.