Martin Luther king jr and Abraham Lincoln both were infamous leaders and even though they were born so far apart we can still see the similarities through their humbleness, speech skills, and leadership.
With Martin Luther’s life in a flashback we know that his protest were all peaceful and believed change was possible through peace. Abraham Lincoln also wanted peace for the people of his country and wanted to abolish slavery. Neither leader was cocky and always spoke on relatable terms and peaceful ways and techniques. Martin Luther King jr. was always being criticized even by his African American brothers and sister and found himself in jail many times but yet moved on with his protests.
Both Martin Luther king jr. and Abraham Lincoln speech skills were impeccable and drew huge crowds and their quotes have become famous. The Gettysburg address drew many people and the words he said have gone down infamy, as such for Martin Luther king jr. Finding an American who has never heard of the gettysburg address or King’s I have a dream speech proves to be very difficult. Because of techniques and structure of the leaders speeches it caused the country to band together to make change.
You don’t have to be a president to be a leader and often times the greatest
“ leaders “ in American history, most of the time were not presidents. Leaders can be peaceful and educated as Martin Luther king has proved through his speeches and years as a leader that he can bring people together through peace and create change even though he had been jailed and attacked multiple times. Abraham Lincoln also got the country through the civil war through lots of resistance and threats, but also through speech and peace he achieved change for African Americans in this case, freedom.
