Martin Luther King Qualities Essay

In the 21st century, society puts a heavy emphasis on the meaning of leadership. What are the qualities of a leader? What are the most efficient methods to produce a leader? A leader is someone who has certain qualities in them that stirs up the masses to achieve a common goal. There are many qualities that are essential for a great leader, but according to, “Top 10 Qualities of Great Leadership- Do You Have What it Takes?” by Aoife Gorey, the top ten qualities a leader must have are honesty, communication, confidence, inspiration, positivity, delegation, commitment, humor, creativity, and intuition. A leader that represents most of these traits is Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr., born on January 15, 1929, fought for the injustices

According to Aoife Gorey, honesty means that “People want to work for a leader they can trust- a leader that has morals, values, and integrity.” This means that a good leader must be truthful to others and always live by their standards they make. King shows this because he is honest about the action that he's conveying. In his letter, he made two honest confessions. His first confession was his expression of the church. He said that “I must honestly reiterate that I have been disappointed with the church...I felt that the white ministers, priests, and rabbis of the South would be some of ours strongest allies. Instead, some few have been outright opponents.” This shows honesty as King expresses what he was really feeling for the church. He did not believe that the church was functioning its purpose and was saddened by their actions against the Blacks’ nonviolence action for equality. His second confession was that “I must admit that I was initially disappointed in being so categorized. But as I continued to think about the matter, I gradually gained a bit of satisfaction from being considered an extremist.” This means that at first, King was not so happy about being called an extremist but later he realizes that he is indeed. This shows his honesty in himself because he is accepting himself as what he is instead denying it with pointless

According to Aoife Gorey, being inspirational, “Gives employees[people] a reason to work, to succeed, and to do their best in everything they could.” This means that a leader is someone who can lift everybody’s morals up, persuade anyone and help influence the people around him to try their earnest. King shows inspiration because in the letter he stated, “But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when you have seen hate-filled policemen curse, kick, brutalize, and even kill your black brothers and sisters with impunity; when you have seen the vast majority of your twenty million Negro brothers smothering in an airtight cage of poverty in the midst of an affluent society.” This use of language, also known as pathos, draws upon the human emotion such as sorrow, sadness, or melancholy, to convince a person of an argument. Here, King describes his experiences with the interaction between Blacks and Whites in order to aware people the situation Blacks are in. This can help inspire Blacks to work harder to achieve civil equality and may even inspire White to help Blacks acquire their rights after reading the hardships they had