Martin Luther King

District of Columbia leaders are preparing for a rally and march to advocate for full representation in Congress.

The march led by Mayor Vincent Gray will begin Saturday morning at Freedom Plaza and end at the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.

Gray says voting rights for the district are an unfulfilled part of King's legacy. The district's 600,000 residents are represented by a nonvoting delegate, leading the city to adopt the slogan "Taxation Without Representation."

In their permit application, organizers said they expect up to 5,000 people to attend Saturday's march. Gray and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton are scheduled to speak along with civil rights leaders.-leaders-prepare-voting-rights-demonstration

Tens of thousands of people have gathered on a beautiful fall day in Washington to witness the formal dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial that opened in August. ... "This is a marker for the fight for justice today and a projection for the fight for justice in the future because we will not stop until we get the equal justice justice (that) Dr. King fought for." He also called for "economic justice" and the protection of programs like Medicare. "This is not about Obama, this is about our Mama, and we're going to vote like we never voted before," more 

Kegigihan dan keteguhan hati anak muda berkulit hitam yang dicaci dan dihina oleh orang kulit putih sejak kecil telah menjadikan beliau bertekad dan menanam kepercayaan bahawa suatu hari anaknya yang seramai empat orang akan dapat merasai kehidupan sama taraf antara warga kulit putih dan kulit berwarna di Amerika Syarikat. 
Martin Luther King adalah seorang anak muda pintar lulusan Universiti Harvard dan mempunyai Phd dari sebuah universiti lain telah biasa dipenjara dan ditangkap lebih 120 kali. Beliau mendapat ilham dari cara perjuangan kebebasn oleh Mahatma Gandi, Beliau pernah berjaya menyeru penduduk sebuah bandar agar boikot pengangkutan awam dan berjalan kaki ke tempat kerja atau sekolah, Martin  Luther King yang diberi anugerah nobel pada usia 35 tahun itu amat terkenal dengan pidatonya sebelum perbicaraannya kerana langkah memboikot kerajaan.. Pidato itu berbunyi...

Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends. 
And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. 
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." 
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. 
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. 
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. 
I have a dream today! 
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. 
I have a dream today! 
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together."2 
This is our hope, and this is the faith that I go back to the South with. 
With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith, we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. 
And this will be the day -- this will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning: 
My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. 
Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, 
From every mountainside, let freedom ring! 
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. 
And so let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. 
Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. 
Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. 
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. 
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. 
But not only that: 
Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. 
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. 
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. 
From every mountainside, let freedom ring. 
And when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: 
Free at last! Free at last! 
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! 3x 


Hari ini ternyata keyakinan Martin  Luther King menjadi kenyataan dan saudara sebangsanya Barack Obama adalah manusia paling berkuasa di AS dan dunia.