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马丁路德金恩 (Martin Luther King Jr.)
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生于:
1929年1月15日
死于:
1968年4月4日
马丁路德金恩是美国民权运动中最重要的领袖人物，为了所有人的公平权利而努力，他以非暴力抗议来对抗不公平的待遇而成名，对于终止种族隔离法令（禁止黑人进入特定地点像是餐厅、饭店与公立学校的法律）的努力从未停止，他同时也尽其所能让人们瞭解「人生而平等」的真谛，因为他的卓越功绩，1964年时金恩荣获诺贝尔和平奖 ﹣ 同时也是或此殊荣最年轻的得主，他也是一位浸信会的牧师。马丁路德金恩在年仅39岁时于田纳西州曼斐斯遭刺杀，他的生日现在已被订为国定纪念日、于每年一月的第三个星期一为美国的马丁路德金恩纪念日，以纪念这位伟人。
Martin Luther King Jr. was the most important voice of the American civil rights movement, which worked for equal rights for all. He was famous for using nonviolent resistance to overcome injustice, and he never got tired of trying to end segregation laws (laws that prevented blacks from entering certain places, such as restaurants, hotels, and public schools). He also did all he could to make people realize that "all men are created equal." Because of his great work, in 1964 King received the Nobel Peace Prize -- the youngest person ever to receive this high honor. King was also a Baptist minister. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, when he was just 39 years old. His birthday is now observed as a national holiday on the third Monday in January. |
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