Martin Luther King Jr. realized that as he led the fatigued and weary nation of outsiders, of those deprived of their unalienable rights, to righteousness. They were facing insurmountable odds in the elitist philosophy of their white counterparts. Similar controversial thought had occurred in South Africa and Bangladesh, which prompted individuals to confront the malicious forces that had long subdued them.
A humble African country situated in the southern tip of Africa, South Africa had experienced a climactic shift in the national sense. Its white supremacist aristocracy had procured the means to institute legal mass segregation into a black populace. Legitimately divided, the country experienced tough times form 1948 to 1994. Mass killings, police brutality and insurrections were all included in the menagerie of political clout the policy had. It wasn't until international condemnations and civil unrest in the form of the African National Party and its enigmatic leader, Nelson Mandela, that the racial policy was dismantled and supplanted by a more beneficent government. In a similar respect to MLK, Mandela had been imprisoned and also faced the domination of an arrogant group unwilling to yield. Yet, they were toppled, reflecting the strength of one man and his convictions to captivate the people with freedom and equality.
Economics also faced a maverick who refused to ignore the plight of the underprivileged. Muhammad Yunus, founder of the Grameen Bank, fought the economic hardships in Bangladesh. The Grameen Bank had been a revolutionary undertaking involving the poorest farmers in Dhaka, the capital in which they took small, low-interest loans to survive off of. They later paid back these loans and were able o substantially increase their credit rating. No one had ever addressed the plight of the poor before in such a dilapidated and backwards nation. The people had always been mired in debt to the point of passing on the burdens to their family. This problem was reversed into becoming a solution. Yunus knew that as long as the big banks and corporate money machines refused the simple man his fair share, there would be no economic growth in this nation. He took up the poor man's fight and provided them the privilege and ability that no one had ever given to them. It was revolutionary. There had been significant growth in the area. It was all due to one man realizing the fault of the big fish and solving it to help the little ones.
Idealism like this is rarely ever seen in the rich elitists. These people, these enlightened individuals, found the way to help their people so the future generations would not have to deal with the same problems. It was their legacy, their gift, their response to the evils of the world and the future generation. Immorality shined in these depraved groups, but it was these pioneers, the blaze trailers that were able to make it great.
