Biography of a Servant Leader

1. Research a servant leader of your choice using reputable resources (web-sites,
   scholarly articles, or books).
2. Then, share your biographical findings (in your initial discussion post) with your
   peers. Please ensure a minimum word count of at least 400 words for your initial
   discussion post. Be sure to provide at least a paragraph for each of the bulleted points
   below.
    Summarize the individual’s life.
    Describe their most important accomplishments.
    Explain why that person was an exemplary servant leader, incorporating key
   concepts from the course (i.e. Greenleaf) into your analysis.
    Include a key quote, either directly from the individual or about the individual
   (appropriately cite any direct quotes or paraphrasing in your discussion).

Biography of a Servant Leader

Summary

Martin Luther King Jr is one of the most well-known service leaders. According to the Nobel Prize (2022), King was born on the 15th of January 1929 and passed away on April 4, 1968. He was a renowned co-pastor and social activist and an extraordinary speaker. The name he was born under is Michael However, his name changed later to Martin. He completed his Bachelor of Arts undergraduate degree , and received his degree in 1948 at Morehouse College, where his grandfather and father had also attended. The class was president of a predominantly white class in his studies in Theology in the Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania and, after that, he earned the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He was a student at Boston University on a scholarship from Crozer and completed his degree in the year 1953 and graduated in the year 1955. Martin also got married Coretta Scott on the same day in Boston and were blessed with four children, two daughters and two sons. Martin was a co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church from 1960 until his death. Ebenezer Baptist church from the year 1960 till his passing. A sniper from Memphis, Tennessee, shot Martin on April 4, 1968.

Important Achievements

Martin Luther King Jnr led many movements that helped reduce segregation across the nation. He was a leader and joined with activists in a campaign to stop racial discrimination on Montgomery’s bus system (Wiersma 2018). This occurred following Rosa Parks was found to have violated Montgomery’s laws on segregation by refusing to let her seat be reserved to a white man.