You know, Dr. King was
burdened by a lot.
And what he had on his shoulders
at the tender age of 25, 26, 27
was a lot more than most
people could probably withstand.
Dr. King became the leader of the
civil rights movement by happenstance.
He did not come to Montgomery
to lead a movement.
He came to Montgomery to pastor
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church.
The hands of history
sort of worked the way
they did and he was chosen,
primarily because of
his education,
and primarily because he
was an outsider.
Dr. King was able to help
orchestrate a 13-month
nonviolent protest,
which overturned the segregation
laws of the city,
as well as the segregation
laws of the state, for buses.
And I think then and now
people can look back
on that moment with
a sense of pride.
