I believe that Carson made a good choice in using Marin Luther King Jr. as an example of being a charismatic leader. One of the qualities of a charismatic leader, that was discussed in the Riggio article, is being able to speak eloquently, driving those listening to action. MLK was able to effectively communicate the injustices that African Americans were going through in that time, spurring them to action, such as in his famous \u2018I Have A Dream\u2019 speech. Even with the repercussions he had to face in such a racist period, he continued to speak his truth and the truth of others, nonviolently.<\/p>\n
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It was brought up in this article that MLK is thought to be \u201cthe initiator and sole indispensable element in the southern black struggles of the 1950s and 1960s\u201d (Carson). I believe that this is true because if you ask someone to name the first person that they can think of who played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement, many people would say King. However, there are plenty of other leaders during this period that had a considerable impact on history. For example, it was brought up in the reading that Rosa Parks was also one of the important Civil Rights leaders, emerging before him, however, she was probably not taken as seriously as MLK based on the fact that she was a woman.<\/p>\n
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Going back to one of our previous readings which talked about if a leader is born through situational events or can be made, I believe in MLK\u2019s case his leadership abilities depended on him being alive during the Civil Rights Movement. There were certain events that had to occur in his life which would inspire him to become the man we all read in our history books today. One may never know, if he was born a couple decades after the 60\u2019s would he still be as known as the leader he is today? Perhaps. Or he could still be known as a leader, but the leader of his local congregation, not a nationwide movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I believe that Carson made a good choice in using Marin Luther King Jr. as an example of being a charismatic leader. One of the…<\/p>\n