Wow, this is hard. This question brings a lot of people. But I can only pick one and when it comes down to that, I would have to pick Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King fought for freedom and equality throughout his life. The thing that really strikes me about this fight is the fact that for the most part, He did not use violence.
He always tried his best to make sure that all the demonstrations that were carried out were peaceful. He often rebuked his fellow protesters for engaging in violent movements. This made the difference as it made the cause he was fighting for even more important.
Martin Luther King fought for equal rights in America. He believed in a future where both blacks and whites could co – exist peacefully. Without his civil rights movement, there is no way that African-American people as a whole would have accomplished all that they have today. He paved the way for change in America. And because of all that he accomplished, African- American people have been able to assume positions of power, the most notable being the recent election of Barack Obama, the first African American president in the United States.
If I could meet him, I would love to know what drove him to do the things he did. I would like to know what motivated him, what gave him the strength to persevere in all that adversity. I think that this is a very important quality, one which it seems like I lack sometimes. I would love to know what is secret was, so I could apply it to my own life.
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