ABSTRACT
Much of King's reputation rests upon the two-year period between the 1963 Birmingham campaign and the 1965 Selma campaign. The bigger King's rewards, the bigger were the responsibilities that went with them. Even as King found himself bound for glory, he often found himself equally bound by it. In June 1963, plans for the March on Washington evolved into an event that promised to unite all the major civil rights organisations in one single demonstration. Kennedy announced that a civil rights bill would be introduced to congress and that it would contain a provision requiring the desegregation of all public facilities and accommodations. The Kennedy assassination put paid to the evolving Danville campaign as King announced a month's moratorium on all civil rights demonstrations while the nation mourned the death of the president. More problems arose on 29 July, when King met with other civil rights leaders at a meeting arranged by the NAACP's Roy Wilkins in New York.
