NETWORLDING

Martin Luther King Jr.

Our next Great Networker in history has received numerous awards including The Margaret Sanger Award, a Nobel Peace Prize and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is one of only four leaders who have a federal holiday to honor them individually.
A champion of Civil Rights, Martin Luther King, Jr. used his skills as an orator to infuse crowds with passion. He also used his skills as a networker to bring people and organizations together, rallying them around a similar mission. Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of the original value-based networkers.

Born to Martin Luther King and Alberta Williams in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1959, King was born into a family of speakers. Both King’s father and grandfather were Baptist ministers and skilled orators.

King skipped several grades in elementary and high school, eventually earning his B.A. in Sociology from Morehouse in 1948. After attending Crozer Theological Seminary, King completed his doctoral studies in Systematic Theology at Boston University.
While studying at Boston University, King met Coretta Scott. They began dating and married shortly after graduating in 1953.

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Next in our series of Greatest Networkers in History is a cultural icon. Not only does she have the number one rated talk show on television but she also runs two magazines, produces other talk shows, host a radio program and organizes a on-line charitable organization. She has interviewed countless celebrities, presidents and important dignitaries. People Magazine voted her into the top 50 most generous people and Time Magazine has called her the most influential woman of her generation.
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