MLK as a Servant Leader
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He was healer in true sense but also in a different way than one might expect at first. He truly believed in the purpose of suffering and thus accepted it for what it was. He could share this strong belief with friends and strangers alike. He would talk to peole about their suffering and by his own example provided healing simply by helping to accept the unavoidable. Another form of healing was his way narrowing the gaps between black and white (or any other race). His strong religious belief was his source of strength for this process.

Conceptualization is one of the core properties that a charismatic leader has to work with. He or she needs to be able to look beyond the present to provide concepts for the future. There is no doubt in my mind that this was probably one of the greatest strength of Martin Luther. He had an outstanding way to look into the future and determine the outcome of what ever he proposed. When most people had doubts about the outcome of his non violent protest he hang on to his principle and prove he right.  This could be very hard for him since he did not know how long it would take to achieve whatever he was going for.

Because of the success he showed here he
build a large community of civil rights advocates that carried on with his work after his death. I belief, that with him still alive, we would be much further in this nation with racial integration compared to where we are now. On the other side, without him we may not have left the 1950’s and 1960’s yet.
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