Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as a national leader of the civil rights movement as a result of the desegregation crisis at Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. True or false?

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Leon Villegas

22 May, 14:00

Martin Luther King, Jr. emerged as a national leader of the civil rights movement as a result of the desegregation crisis at Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas. True or false?

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Marissa Williams · Answer 1

False.

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Marthin Luther King, Jr. became a leader of the civil right movements in 1955, leading the Montgomery bus boycott, while the desegregation crisis at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas took place in 1957. Also, the desegregation of this school was carried out by another person, Governor Orval Faubus.