Strong, independent, brave, all part of being a leader. Being a leader is defined as “leading a group or person” in the dictionary (“Dictionary”). Being a leader is a very important task. It’s like putting a lot of pressure on your shoulders. You have to have the ability lead and encourage others. In the odyssey odysseus encouraged his soldiers to fight against their enemies and told them not to give up. Part of being a leader is working with your teammates and not just bossing them around. Being a leader takes a lot of responsibility and strength. To lead you’ve got to have leadership skills such as being responsible, independent, and brave. Being a leader is not rushing your group and making them do all the work, it is to help your group out and work with them as you progress through whatever it is you are doing. For example if I’m working on a paper with my group I won’t just tell me what to do. We’re a group so we’re doing this together but I am leading them through it. Marcus Garvey was not just a lazy person. He made his movement spread out really fast by guiding his group to establishing a way for his people to overcome all the hate. He didn’t just stand by and make a group and tell them what to do to overcome the hate. He led them through …show more content…
Civil rights activist. Marcus Garvey was one of the most important activist in black history. He helped gather African Americans and overcome tough circumstances. Marcus Garvey’s main goal was to better his race and not let them get beat down by the racist Americans at that time (“Who Is Marcus Garvey?”).To me Marcus Garvey is one of the most influential people in the world’s history. I am very amazed by how Marcus Garvey wanted to create a movement to get his people to go back to Africa and create their own nation. Even through tough times Garvey never gave up even when he got deported back to Jamaica. Marcus Garvey showed true leadership by empowering his people and guiding them to