The 15 January 1929 Martin Luther King is born in Georgia. Son of Baptist Minister Marting Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams church organist. The 1929 was marked by great economic crisis which had destabilizing effects seriously and recessive worldwide. Were also the years in which it was stated forcefully the jazz that uniting under its flag black and white artists gave a significant jolt to America still deeply racist. The young Martin had the good fortune to study, and made him popular schools granted to blacks. At fourteen he was protagonist of an episode that marked deeply. He was forced to give way to white passengers, standing for 140 km. Despite the racist school successes had led him to earn some awards. Graduated in philosophy and in 1954 He became pastor as the father. In the years 50 attended a lecture on Gandhi and there made his ideal of non-violence. In those years the African American seamstress Rosa Parks made note of the famous refusal to allow room for a white passenger. The Parks was arrested and charged with violating laws on segregation. This incident sparked protests from Martin. This protest culminated in the famous boycott of public transport. A boycott that lasted 382 days. He trains in court, until the Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation on public transport as unconstitutional. He began his mission for the redemption of blacks. He founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which brought together whole masses under the banner of non-violence. He managed to speak to the hearts of all the black people of America. His words rang consciences for the acknowledgement of the situation. Situation that required an effort by all. A peaceful reaction was possible but not easy. Suffered crashes with any pretext, suffered threats, attacks. He demanded the end of segregation in schools. In 1963 in Washington in front of the Lincoln Memorial gathered a crowd of over 200.000 people and for them he delivered the famous speech “I have a dream”. Started with the Kennedy brothers (at the time the President and Minister of Justice) that the promised legislative action in favour of the black masses. In 1964 He received the Nobel Peace Prize. When it was passed the Civil Rights Act. But what changed in the law had yet to change the mind of some. He was again the victim of threats and attacks. In 1966 was hit by a stone-throwing during a demonstration. In the following months he gave many speeches, He was invited to speak in front of so many people to encourage them, to see the promised land that he himself could see but that he feared not to approach it in life. It was after one of these speeches, After prophetic words expressing the fear of not getting to see the black and white brothers hold hands who was shot dead by James Earl Ray 4 April 1968.
Hector Parker
