Classic Influence: Timeless Lessons from the Legends

Classic Influence: Timeless Lessons from the Legends


CIP 029. Wield Power with Wisdom, Get Both in and Out of the Game: Martin Luther King Jr. Assumes Leadership, Becomes the Symbol of the Civil Rights Movement

July 22, 2020

One dark night in the winter of 1956, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was leading a mass meeting at his local church when his house was bombed. What he did next became a defining moment in his life, and in the fight for civil rights. Borne out of King’s habit of taking time get outside of the arena, it was not the action that anyone expected, but it was exactly the right move for the moment and the movement as a whole. Discover the secret to King’s success as a master strategist and mass movement leader.