What effect did dr. martin luther king jr.âs assassination have on us society in 1968? question 8 options: kingâs 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 mlkâs assassination question 9 (1 point) question 9 unsaved how did television impact the civil rights movement and the vietnam war? question 9 options: when people saw what was happening in vietnam, they began to support the war and press for increased troop levels in vietnam seeing events and increased awareness could change public opinion on major issues the civil rights movement was not impacted by television people refused to believe what they were seeing on tv