Martin L.K. Was born in 1929 in Atlanta in United States of America and originally named
« Michael King Junior ». His father was the Reverend Martin Luther King Senior. After traveling in Germany, his father change his name to Martin in honor of the German Protestant leader Martin Luther.
In 1948, he has been graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology and obtained a bachelor of Divinity in 1951. Then, he started doctoral studies in systematic theology and received a Doctor of Philosophy in 1955.
In 1953, he got married with Coretta Scott with whom he got 4 children: Yolanda King,
Martin Luther king II, Dexter Scott King and Bernice King.
One year later, he became pastor in Alabama.
He was activist and prominent leader in the « African-American civil rights movement ».
In 1957, he has been elected as president of the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, an organization created to give new leaders to the Civil Rights Movement.
And today, he is often referenced as a human rights icon.
[...] On leadership: Inspiration and Wisdom for Challenging Times', he defined three revolutions in American history: -the American Revolution -the civil War -the American Civil Rights Movement. Thanks to his strong academic past, Martin Luther King knew the risks he might meet when managing the American Revolutions. As he was deeply committed in this battle for Civil Rights, he put his family, his friends behind the movement in order to reach his objectives and his vision. Principle Conflict Resolution In order to better understand the fifth principle, we will distinguish two conflict types which are: the interpersonal conflicts and intrapersonal conflicts. [...]
[...] rights icon LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES OF DR. LUTHER KING JR. This part will emphasize on several leadership principles used by Martin Luther King during his fight for the respect of Civil Rights in the United States of America. These principles will explain why we give Martin Luther King the name of a Leader. Principle VISION A leader has to adopt a vision; he must have a wide and long term vision. He has to ‘declare the future' or ‘declare the impossible'. [...]
[...] These forms of stress appear as a leader is always harassed politically with a lot of criticisms, and even sometimes harmed physically and morally with a pressure to give up his career. A leader has to possess and believe in several values such as honesty, loyalty and integrity. To have his vision accepted and to make people believe in it, a leader has to be perseverant and have endurance. Concerning Martin L.K., he was arrested by the police, he received many death threats against himself and his family and a part of his house was destroyed by a bomb while his wife and daughter were inside. [...]
[...] The Lord made all of us equal, and I am going to see to that Moreover, his long and motivated vision and fighting was guided by several big leaders as: -Frederick Douglass, who was one of the celebrated leaders of the freedom movement in the 19th century. -Mahatma Gandhi who used the principle of ‘Satyagraha', respected by Martin L.K. This principle was based on truth, governments by consensus, persuasion through decision and reason, education of the community, decisive action and mass civil disobedience. [...]
[...] To this undaunted champion of peace, the Nobel Committee has awarded the Peace Prize for the year 1964.” This message shows us that Martin Luther King succeeded in transmitting a GOOD message by using the RIGHT words and by making people concerned and interested in the problems of inequalities, racism etc. The principle of Effective Communication is rather similar to the communication used by doctors and all the other people who work in the healthcare sector. Indeed, by communicating efficiently, we also mean: telling the truth, listening, discussing, debating, understanding and learning. [...]
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