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MLK Holiday CelebratesLate Civil Rights Leader
馬丁路德金紀念日
Martin Luther King Jr.'s rise as a civil rights leader began in 1955 when he spearheaded the drive to desegregate public buses in Montgomery, Alabama.
1955年，馬丁路德金在美國南部阿拉巴馬州蒙哥馬利市率先發起了一場運動，該運動旨在廢除公共汽車上的種族歧視規定。從那時起，馬丁路德金逐步躍升為一位民權領袖。
By August 1963, Reverend King's push for equal rights had become a national movement.
道1963年8月，金牧師為爭取平等權利所做的努力已經擴展成為一場全國范圍的運動。
That month, more than 250,000 people took part in the March on Washington led by King,
當時，超過25萬人參加了由馬丁路德金在首都華盛頓領導的游行。
it was designed to pressure lawmakers to pass a civil rights bill that would end racial discrimination.
該游行活動旨在向立法議員施壓，要求通過民權法案，結束種族歧視。
Former civil rights activist Roger Wilkins was there on the day marchers gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
前民權活動家羅杰·威爾金斯當時就在林肯紀念堂外聆聽馬丁路德金的講話。
"It was a glorious warm summer day in which people were rejuvenated.
威爾金斯回憶道:“那是一個溫和而美好的夏日，
And just a good feeling of a country coming together.
令人精神煥發，有一種全國團結一致的美好感覺。
You really felt, I did for the first time in my life,the weight of America's conscience."
我第一次感受道美國人道心的力量。”
"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."
馬丁路德金說:“我夢想有一天，我的四個孩子將在一個不是以他們的膚色，而是以他們的品格優劣來評價他們的國度里生活。”
It was these non-violent protests and his speeches that drove the civil rights movement forward,and kept the nation focused on the issue of equality.
正是這些非暴力的抗議活動和馬丁路德金的講話推動民權運動向前發展，并讓全國都關注平等問題。
Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964,and that same year President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act and the following year the Voting Rights Act.
馬丁路德金與1964年獲得諾貝爾和平獎，同年，林登·約翰遜總統簽署了《民權法案》，次年，他簽署了《選舉法案》。
The measures outlawed racial segregation in public places and discriminatory practices that prevented blacks from voting.
這些舉措取締了公共場合的種族歧視政策，也制止了狠人不能參加選舉的歧視行為。
Martin Luther King's final campaign was in Memphis, Tennessee in March and April of 1968.
1968年三四月間，在田納西州的孟菲斯，馬丁路德金領導了最后一次活動。
He led a march in support of striking sanitation workers.
他帶隊游行，支持環衛工人的罷工。
But the protest turned violent when young militants began looting stores.
但這場抗議活動最終由于年輕激進分子搶劫商店而演變成暴力沖突。
King was distraught and vowed to return to Memphis to lead a peaceful march.
馬丁路德金焦慮萬分，發誓要重返孟菲斯發起一場和平游行。
On the night of April 4, 1968 at the Lorraine Motel,King was assassinated.
1968年4月4日，馬丁路德金在洛林汽車旅館被人暗殺。
Forty years later,King's life is celebrated with many of his dreams realized,including the election of Barack Obama as the nation's first African American president.
40年后的今天，令人欣慰的是馬丁路德金的許多夢想都得以實現，包括奧巴馬成功當選為第一位非洲裔美國總統。
