There is very few people in history you can't paint as a villain and out of these saintly individuals there is really only one that i can think of who is not literally a religious figure. Martin Luther King Jr. as a kid I always looked up to this guy he was my hero. Someone who was able to fight for what he believed in without so much as raising a fist. So in my eyes mr.King was a perfect gentleman. His first real achievement was beimg the organizer of the montgomery bus boycotts. This boycott was a outstanding sucess in fact, "By the time the Supreme Court ruled segregated seating on public buses unconstitutional in November 1956, King ... had entered the national spotlight as an inspirational proponent of organized, nonviolent resistance." (https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr). This led to a stirng of nonviolent civil disobedience with him at the
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well marched on to washington. This is the point where you kinda didnt have the excuse of ignoring the civil right movement and so after this is when many a action was taken. because of this, "the event is widely regarded as a watershed moment in the history of the American civil rights movement and a factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." (https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr). Then he proceeded to give the best speech pretty much ever. Known as the "I Have a Dream" speech which if you did not read/hear at some point in your education you probably are not from the u.s.. "The speech and march cemented King’s reputation at home and abroad; later that year he was named “Man of the Year” by TIME magazine and in 1964 became the youngest person ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize" (https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr). so martin luther king finally got his big break sadly this would not last
well marched on to washington. This is the point where you kinda didnt have the excuse of ignoring the civil right movement and so after this is when many a action was taken. because of this, "the event is widely regarded as a watershed moment in the history of the American civil rights movement and a factor in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964." (https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr). Then he proceeded to give the best speech pretty much ever. Known as the "I Have a Dream" speech which if you did not read/hear at some point in your education you probably are not from the u.s.. "The speech and march cemented King’s reputation at home and abroad; later that year he was named “Man of the Year” by TIME magazine and in 1964 became the youngest person ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize" (https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr). so martin luther king finally got his big break sadly this would not last