Characteristics Of Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr. was a powerful leader in Americas civil rights movement. He was one of the most influential activists to fight for the end of the legal segregation of African Americans in the United States. He was the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which promoted only non violent tactics to achieve their goal, civil rights. Martin Luther King Jr. led the Bus Boycott which achieved the US Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional. He led the Birmingham Campaign which achieved the city of Birmingham to change the city’s discriminatory laws. He organised the Great March on Washington which motivated more peaceful marches and was the beginning of the path to the Civil Rights Act (1964).

was an exemplary example of a leader who changed history using non-violent tactics. MLK shows all the qualities of a good leader. He was empathetic, engaging and strong. King refused to accept the status quo and he was not going to settle until he could clearly see his picture of a better tomorrow today. His leadership was what inevitably made him the face of the American Civil Rights movement. With that leadership came great power and MLK knew how to use it to his advantage to get the outcome he, and so many others, sought. He was able to control his anger and hold high values, staying peaceful and never taking to violent tactics. He wanted to be respected and he was. He was in the heart of the movement so he understood the challenges and oppression because he had lived it. This made him real and a person the people wanted to listen to and to represent them. People listened to and heard his powerful

People joined the civil rights movement because they where given the courage too by MLK. His presence in the civil rights movement sparked more people to fight for equal rights which they would not have and could not have done alone. These people who had been oppressed all their lives where inspired to fight against the status quo in a significant way.

Martin Luther King Jr. was the face of the civil rights movement. He prompted thousands of people to join a movement which changed America for the better. He used his incredible leaderships and his inspirational speaking, persuasion and the tactic of group polarisation to change the mindset of Americans