Martin Luther King Transformational Leader
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When one thinks of some of the most influential and effective leaders to have ever made a meaningful contribution to the betterment of modern society only a few individuals can come to mind and one of those individuals is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in a Baptist home ran by his parent Reverend Martin Luther King and Alberta Williams King. After GRADUATING with a Bachelor’s of Divinity from Crozer Theological Seminary, king went on to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a minister. In 1957 King along with other African American civil rights activist formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which organized black churches to come together to conduct non-violent protest against the civil rights reform. As the SCLC began to gain media attention Dr. King, who was also the president of the SCLC, rose to national prominence and became the leader of the civil rights movement. Dr. King would go on to lead one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history in 1963 called “The Great March on Washington”. Dr. King was inspired to take a non- violence approach to the civil rights reform through the teaching of Gandhi and in 1964 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Dr. King’s leadership of non-violence protest, strong convictions, and moral courage for racial equality would prove to be pivotal in the movement’s success in ending segregation in Southern States and other parts of America.
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When one thinks of some of the most influential and effective leaders to have ever made a meaningful contribution to the betterment of modern society only a few individuals can come to mind and one of those individuals is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in a Baptist home ran by his parent Reverend Martin Luther King and Alberta Williams King. After GRADUATING with a Bachelor’s of Divinity from Crozer Theological Seminary, king went on to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a minister. In 1957 King along with other African American civil rights activist formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which organized black churches to come together to conduct non-violent protest against the civil rights reform. As the SCLC began to gain media attention Dr. King, who was also the president of the SCLC, rose to national prominence and became the leader of the civil rights movement. Dr. King would go on to lead one of the largest political rallies for human rights in United States history in 1963 called “The Great March on Washington”. Dr. King was inspired to take a non- violence approach to the civil rights reform through the teaching of Gandhi and in 1964 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace. Dr. King’s leadership of non-violence protest, strong convictions, and moral courage for racial equality would prove to be pivotal in the movement’s success in ending segregation in Southern States and other parts of America.
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