Martin Luther King Jr.'s Biography
November 19, 2012 | Martin Luther King Jr. | Leader Assessment | |
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Dawan Robinson Leadership 200
Dawan Robinson
November 19, 2012
LEAD 200
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Biography
Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15, 1929 and passed away April 4, 1968 in Atlanta, Georgia. He faced many challenges during the Civil Rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assaulted several times by people on the streets. He received hundreds of phone calls, and letters, which was threatening to kill him. During the movement Martin Luther King Jr. had been arrested more than twenty times. One of the most famous threats was made on Martin Luther King Jr. was on January 30th, 1956. A bomb was thrown into Martin Luther King Jr.’s house, fortunately nobody was seriously injured. Almost everywhere he went he was harassed. In 1964 he was harassed by a group of black Muslims, they threw stones at him in the streets.
On the other hand, in 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was a organization made to provide new leadership for the now growing civil rights movement. The ideals for this organization he got from Christianity and its effective methods came from Gandhi. From the time he was elected the president of Southern Christian Leadership until the time he passed he traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, going to speak wherever there was injustice, protest, and action. Also, in that time he wrote five books as well as a lot of articles. In these years, he led a big protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that grabbed the attention of the entire world, which gave what he called a union of sense of right and wrong.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Impact
Martin Luther King impacted everyone through a nonviolent protest. He showed love, faith, determination and fearless representation. He didn’t only fight for equal rights but what most people fail to realize is that he was fighting
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Dawan Robinson Leadership 200
Dawan Robinson
November 19, 2012
LEAD 200
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Biography
Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15, 1929 and passed away April 4, 1968 in Atlanta, Georgia. He faced many challenges during the Civil Rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. had been assaulted several times by people on the streets. He received hundreds of phone calls, and letters, which was threatening to kill him. During the movement Martin Luther King Jr. had been arrested more than twenty times. One of the most famous threats was made on Martin Luther King Jr. was on January 30th, 1956. A bomb was thrown into Martin Luther King Jr.’s house, fortunately nobody was seriously injured. Almost everywhere he went he was harassed. In 1964 he was harassed by a group of black Muslims, they threw stones at him in the streets.
On the other hand, in 1957 he was elected president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was a organization made to provide new leadership for the now growing civil rights movement. The ideals for this organization he got from Christianity and its effective methods came from Gandhi. From the time he was elected the president of Southern Christian Leadership until the time he passed he traveled over six million miles and spoke over twenty-five hundred times, going to speak wherever there was injustice, protest, and action. Also, in that time he wrote five books as well as a lot of articles. In these years, he led a big protest in Birmingham, Alabama, that grabbed the attention of the entire world, which gave what he called a union of sense of right and wrong.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s Impact
Martin Luther King impacted everyone through a nonviolent protest. He showed love, faith, determination and fearless representation. He didn’t only fight for equal rights but what most people fail to realize is that he was fighting
Cited: * Donald T. Phillips. “Martin Luther King, Jr. On Leadership” Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times. January 1999. New York, New York. * Keith, Kent M. “The Case for Servant Leadership” Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, 2008. Westfield, IN. * Huggins, Nathan Irvin. “The Journal of American History” Martin Luther King Jr. Charisma and Leadership. Vol. 74. No. 2. September 1987. Pp.477-481. Mississippi Valley.