Who and what was Martin Luther King influenced by?

Who influenced martin Luther king jr to do what he did?

• Answer:

  I forget her name but i think it was something like Clara parks or something like that...she was going onto a bus and she sat in the front of the bus. however, black people are not supposed to do that so when the driver told her to go to the back, she defaintly said no. She was later arrested and put into jail because of that. But, news spread of what she did. This influenced martin Luther king jr. to make his speech and do what he did. Hope this helped!