Martin Luther King Barriers

BARRIERS FACED BY PROMINENT LEADER.
Leaders face multiple barriers in their quest to serve their people. In some regards, these barriers are brought upon by individuals or institutions that want to propagate certain oppressive or dehumanizing policies. Several leaders in history faced barriers of different magnitudes in their quest to fulfill their leadership responsibilities (De, and Brown, 50). While not all of the barriers were of the same magnitude, they were handled differently by different leaders. Nelson Mandela was afflicted with barriers characterized by a series of external adversities. He was imprisoned for a long period of time and subjugate to inhumane living conditions (Marable, 50). He was also rid of the support of his fellow
Unlawful are critical impediments to the fight for justice. Wrongful arrests rid an individual of the freedom to campaign for the rights of those to whom injustice is committede. Martin Luther King was arrested over twenty times over false allegation (De, and Brown, 50) . His unlawful incarceration in Birmingham prompted was as a result of his decision and actions to fight for the injustice that was happening in the city. His incarceration barred him from effectively responding to police brutality and publications by the eight white religious leaders of the south that called his actions unwise and untimely (Gilchrist 12). He overcame this barrier by resorting to literary protests, the only weapon at his disposal-the ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’. In the letter he voiced his opposing arguments against white
As human beings, suffering and distress imposed by external factors can be great impediments to efficient functioning of the individual. Leaders, in particular, cannot focus on their leadership responsibilities effectively if they are going through external events that are distressing them (Gilchrist 12). Nelson Mandela faced great adversity in his struggles to campaign for a South African country that would be free of racism, rationalism and economic injustices (De, and Brown, 50). Some of the greatest adversities that he faced included racism, long periods of arrests by the government and the abandonment by his wives as well as false accusations of betrayal by his comrades. These adversities served as significant barriers to his leadership campaigns as he became estranged from people who were close to him which took an emotional toll on him. This is evident from the letters to his beloved Winnie from prison. He overcame these barriers by deciding to focus solely on the freedom of his country and putting his family and other relationships second. While it was a hard decision, it enabled him to emerge