Dr. Martin Luther King: An Acceptable Role Model

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A role model is an individual that is looked up to by others and a person that you would want to aspire to be like in the present or the future. The qualities to becoming a role model would be that you have to have the passion and ability to inspire the present or next generation. An acceptable role model would demonstrate honesty, confidence, and leadership. For this reason, I believe that an acceptable role model would be Dr. Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King was born on January 15th, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. On Tuesday, August 27, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King carried out one of the most important historical achievements in his lifetime when he led over 200,000 people to the Lincoln Memorial to aid and the civil rights movement. The

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