His work led to the desegregation of Atlanta and continued advocacy has brought further education to America regarding present-day racism and the struggles of the civil rights movement.
[1] He attended Morehouse College where he met Julian Bond, Joseph Pierce, Roslyn Pope, and other young advocates ready to make their mark in the pivotal chapter of American history in which they were living.
This conglomeration of historically African American higher education institutions was known as The Atlanta University Center, and was committed to non-violent disobedience following Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s and Mahatma Gandhi's teachings and practices.
However, in this instance, King and Herschelle Sullivan (co-chairman of the Committee on Appeal for Human Rights) paid their $100 bail to be released to continue their activist work.
[6] In 2014, Atlanta Business-Atlanta Daily World inducted King into its Men of Influence Hall of Fame; he was unable to attend in person due to his wife passing away earlier that day.