Perseverance


 * Martin Luther King Jr.**



Martin Luther King Jr was born on January 15th, 1929. He died on April 8th, 1968, he was 39. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American clergyman activist, and a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for being an icon figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and stopping the Vietnam War.

Martin Luther King Jr's challanges that he had to overcome was getting two different types of people to be together. He wanted whites and blacks fairly treated. That was his dream. I think he demonstrates perseverance because he never gave up. He kept giving speaches about his dream. Even though someone shot him and he died, his "dream" came true.