Throughout history there have been many people who helped shape the nation. Individuals who shook the very foundations of beliefs that people had. People who helped create change for the better. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) and Cesar Chavez were both servant leaders who contributed immensely to their respective causes. MLK was born in January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia and was a civil rights activist (Carson Clayborn). Chavez was born in March 31, 1927 in Yuma, Arizona and was an immigrant workers rights activist (Cesar Chavez). MLK came from a religious home, his father was a baptist minister. MLK went to MoreHouse College from 1944 to 1948 and later went to Boston University where he began his doctoral studies in systematic theology in 1951. Chavez was raised in poverty in a family of immigrant farm workers, his family …show more content…
By his own estimation he claims to have attended 65 different elementary schools and only completed a 7th grade education. Three characteristics that make both MLK and Cesar Chavez servant leaders are their commitment, persuasion, and stewardship.
Few people are as committed to achieving their goals as 2 of the greatest servant leaders, MLK and Cesar Chavez. MLK spent a lot of his time and energy in his civil rights movement. He “involved the mobilization of black churches, the utilization of Gandhian methods of nonviolent protest, and skillful appeals for white support” (Carson Clayborn). During his peaceful protests he would be the primary spokesman, often putting himself in from of danger. Soon after he accepted the post of president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, he took part in and led a boycott in Montgomery’s buses. This would be the beginning of his long and powerful career as a civil rights