Martin Luther King
Martin Luther king Jr has a remarkable legacy
in his life and definitely qualifies as a famous leader.
Martin Luther king Jr (1929-1968) was a Baptist
Minister and Social activist who played a key role in the American Civil rights
movement from the mid-1950’s until his assassination in 1968. He was inspired by advocates of non-violence
such as Mahatma Gandhi. Martin Luther
king Jr disliked the way that white people treated African-Americans. He thought it was high time that Americans
especially stood up to be counted as citizens of the USA and that they should
be treated equally and fairly in everyday life and business. King wanted to bring equality to African
Americans, the economically disadvantaged and victim of injustice through
peaceful protests, he spread the word stating that African-Americans should
boycott the buses to halt the unfair laws.
He lead boycotts, Marches and made Valliant speeches. Martin Luther king Jr was a speaker that
spoke out for African –American rights.
His most famous speech is “ I have a dream” which he gave
at the Lincoln Memorial which protested the laws that the government had
set in place for racial discrimination.
He wanted peace between African-American and
white people. Under his leadership, African –Americans across the nation protested
peacefully for change and the landmark
legislations i.e, the civil rights Act of 1964 and the voting rights Act of
1965 was passed. His dream came true and
the African-Americans have no longer separate schools, restaurants and halved
in general. King was awarded the Nobel
Prize in 1964.
During his fight for equality and
justice, he faced several problems. He
earned so many enemies and was jailed several times but he never gave up his
fight for racial equality for all mankind.
He strived for the equality between everyone. No idea why he had to die for doing a good
thing. He was assassinated in the year
1968 by James Earl Ray. As a mark of
respect, he is remembered each year on the third Monday of January as Martin
Luther King Jr Day in United States.
References :
1)
http://michaelhyatt.com/eight-Leadership-Lessons-from-Martinluther
- King-Jr.html.
2) http://www.bbc.Co.uk.history/people/Martin
_luther_king.S
3)
http://www.bbc.Co.uk/history/people/Martin
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