Cory Booker

I can honestly say I had never heard of Mayer Cory Booker until this assignment. He is obviously heavily influence by Dr. King and he reminds me of what Dr. King might have been like if he were still around today. Booker has captivating tone that left me wanting to hear him more by the end of the video. He's a lot like Dr. King in that he can access his vast library of knowledge on a whim. He actually quoted about an eight liner of Dr. King in the video. He didn't seem threatened by any of the questions and he answered all of the questions directly because he didn't have anything to hide. In the video he talks about how it's about getting in the trenches and getting things done or at least moving; and Booker embodies this belief. He spent eight years living in a low-income high-rise. He's had a teen aged boy die in his arms and death threats graffitied on buildings in Newark.

In the article "The Mayor's Crusade Gets Personal" Booker continues to lead by example. He adopts three Newark boys in the big brother program and spend nearly every weekend with them. It's not charity work for him, it's just one of his parts in changing Newark. Instead of trying to change these boys he guides them in love. That's a huge element in Dr. King's philosophy of change. I'm going to start following this guy much closer, I think he's got a lot of big things yet to do at the young age of 39.