What effect did dr. martin luther king jr.’s assassination have on us society in 1968? question 8 options: king’s death further encouraged black power movement support and riots his assassination encouraged rosa parks to refuse to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in montgomery the supreme court of the us realized that racial tensions were running high and attempted to ease tensions by integrating us schools with the landmark brown vs. board of education decision the civil rights movement died with mlk’s assassination