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June1929 65438+1October 15 was born in a black pastor's family in Atlanta, Georgia. Jin Yingguang learned how to love, sympathize and understand others from his mother. What I learned from my father is courage, strength, frankness and frankness. The seeds of strong hatred against racial discrimination germinated in the minds of young people long ago. 15-year-old Jin, smart and studious, jumped two grades in succession with excellent results, graduated from high school, entered Morehouse College, and became high flyers, the doctor and dean of Metz. Under the education of Dr. Metz, Kim's thought of not being afraid of violence was raised to a theoretical level.

At that time, the United States was at the peak of post-war economic development, and its strong political and military strength made it firmly sit at the top of the "free world" alliance. However, in the United States, blacks who once defended the cause of democracy in the war were discriminated and oppressed economically and politically. Facing the ugly and cold reality, Jin, who was only 17 years old, found that his true value was "serving God" and determined to be a priest for social equality and justice. From 65438 to 0949, he entered the famous Kraze Theological Seminary for two years and obtained a bachelor's degree in theology. Later, he entered Boston University to study religion and teach theology, and obtained a doctorate in theology. During his five-year college career, he swam tirelessly in the ocean of human knowledge. He devoted himself to studying Marxism, Lenin's communism, French philosopher Renuville's individualism and Irish philosopher Bekele's moral idealism. He read the works of Plato, Rousseau and Tolo, and devoted himself to Nietzsche's "superman" philosophy and Gandhi's "non-violence". He did not simply and mechanically accept the thoughts of these thinkers, but regarded them as fertile ground for sowing his own beliefs, and gradually formed his own unique theoretical basis.

King believes that all men are created equal. Whether men and women, black and white, old and young, wise and foolish, whether people have the same hobbies, qualifications and property, they are all human beings and members of a thoughtful human family and should be respected.

Jin advocates selfless love, universal love, love for everyone, even love for the enemy. "The enemy doesn't love you because the enemy doesn't know what love is; We love the enemy, which is a redemption attitude towards everyone. "

Belief in human dignity and value, Christian fraternity spirit and Gandhi's uncooperative spirit constitute Jin's ideological basis and code of action.

1955 Kim led nearly 50,000 blacks to launch a large-scale boycott of buses, forcing the government to cancel the seat segregation system on vehicles. 1957 Kim was elected president of the Southern Christian Leaders Union. For justice and peace, he ran around shouting.

1963, in order to make people around the world pay attention to the problem of apartheid in the United States, King and other civil rights movement leaders launched a historic "March on Washington, DC" movement, demanding jobs and freedom. It was in this struggle that King delivered his famous speech "I have a dream". This struggle finally prompted Congress to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which authorized the federal government to abolish racial segregation in public places and outlaw racial discrimination in public facilities and employment. He won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.

However, no one expected that while Kim was trying to realize his great dream and running for an appeal, on the afternoon of April 4, 1968, a criminal gunshot cruelly shattered him and his black brothers and sisters in an instant, and all the beautiful and great dreams-Kim was murdered.

You will feel it after reading this article written by him.

I have a dream.

Author: Martin Luther King

Today, I am very happy to join you in the largest free demonstration and assembly in the history of our country.

100 years ago, a great American signed the Emancipation Declaration, and today we stand under his symbolic figure. The promulgation of this important law, like a huge lighthouse, brought hope to millions of slaves burnt in the flames of injustice, just like the happy dawn that ended the long night of imprisonment.

However, after 100 years, blacks are still not free. 100 years later, blacks are still tragically hobbled under the shackles of apartheid and racial discrimination. 100 years later, black people still live on an island of poverty in the sea of Wang Yang, where material prosperity exists. 100 years later, blacks are still languishing in the corner of American society and still feel that they are drifting in their native land. Therefore, we are here today to make this appalling situation public.

In a sense, we came to the national capital to cash a check. When the founders of our Republic wrote the glorious chapter of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they signed a promissory note that every American could inherit. This promissory note promises everyone, whether white or black, the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Today, however, the United States obviously owes its colored citizens this promissory note. Instead of honoring this sacred debt, the United States began to give black people a bad check-a check that was returned with the seal of "insufficient funds". However, we never believe that a just bank will go bankrupt. We never thought that this country's huge treasure trove of opportunities would be underfunded.

Then, let's cash this check. This check will give us precious freedom and justice.

We have also come to this holy place to remind the United States that this is an extremely urgent moment. Now is not the time to take your time or take gradualist sedatives. Now is the time to realize the promise of democracy. It's time for out of the dark's desolate apartheid valley to embark on a racial equality sunshine avenue. It is time for our country to walk out of the quicksand of racial inequality and step on the rock full of brotherhood. Now is the time for all God's children to truly enjoy justice.

Ignoring the urgency of this moment will be fatal to this country. Until the autumn of freedom and equality comes, the heat of black reasonable grievances will not pass. 1963 is not the end, but the beginning.

If this country continues to go its own way, those who want black people to be satisfied just by venting their anger will be disappointed. There will be neither peace nor tranquility in the United States until the black people obtain civil rights. The whirlwind of resistance will continue to shake the cornerstone of our country until the glorious day of justice comes.

However, I have something to say to those who stand on the dangerous threshold leading to the hall of justice. In the process of striving for legal status, there must be no wrong actions that lead to crimes. We must never swallow the bitter wine of hatred to relieve our desire for freedom.

We should always fight properly and strictly. We can't let our creative protests turn into violence. We should constantly sublimate to the lofty realm of dealing with physical strength with soul strength.

The new miraculous fighting spirit sweeping across the black society should not lead us to distrust all white people-because many white brothers have realized that their destiny is closely related to ours and their freedom is closely related to ours. Their coming here to attend the rally today is proof of this.

We can't act alone. When we act, we must make sure to go forward bravely. We cannot retreat. Enthusiasts of the civil rights movement were asked, "When will you be satisfied?" We will never be satisfied as long as black people are still victims of unspeakable police brutality and terror. We will never be satisfied as long as we are shut out of motels and city hotels beside the highway after a tiring journey. As long as the basic activities of black people are confined to a narrow black residential area to a larger black residential area, we will never be satisfied. As long as our children are deprived of their personality and dignity by the "white only" sign, we will never be satisfied. As long as the blacks in Mississippi can't participate in the election, and as long as the blacks in new york think that they have nothing to do with the election, we will never be satisfied. No, no, we won't be satisfied until justice flows like water and gushes out like a spring.

It's not that I haven't noticed that some of you have gone through a lot of hardships to come here. Some of you just walked out of your cell. Some people come from areas where the pursuit of freedom has been hit by persecution storms and ravaged by police brutality. You've been through a lot. Keep working hard and believe that innocent suffering will eventually be saved.

Go back to Mississippi; Back to Alabama; Back to South Carolina; Go back to Georgia; Back to Louisiana; Back to the slums and black communities of our northern cities. You know, this situation can and will change. We cannot fall into the abyss of despair.

My friends, today I want to tell you that despite the difficulties at present, I still have a dream. This dream is deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day, this country will rise up and realize the true meaning of its founding creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hill in Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together and share brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day, even Mississippi, a desert state with a heat wave of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that one day, my four little daughters will live in a country where they will be judged not by their skin color but by their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, Alabama will change-although the governor of Alabama still talks about challenging and refusing to enforce federal laws-where black children can join hands with white children like brothers and sisters.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, deep valleys will be closed, high mountains will be leveled, roads will be leveled, winding paths will become thoroughfares, the glory of God will reappear, and all creatures in the world will admire each other.

This is our hope. This is the belief that I will bring back to the south. With this belief, we can mine the stone of hope from the mountain of despair. With this belief, we can turn the noisy and harsh quarrel in this country into a musical symphony full of brotherhood. With this belief, we can work together, pray together, fight together, go to jail together, and safeguard freedom together, because we know that we will be free one day.

On this day, all children of God can sing this song with a new meaning:

My motherland, lovely king of thailand, I am song for you. This is the place where my ancestors died, which is the pride of early immigrants. Let freedom ring from every mountainside.

If America is to be a great country, this must be realized. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire!

Let freedom ring from the mountains of new york!

Let freedom ring from Allegheny Peak in Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Loki Mountains of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the beautiful peaks of California!

No, not only that; Let freedom ring from stone mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from lookout mountain in Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every mountainside of Mississippi!

Let freedom ring from every hillside!

When we let freedom ring, when we let freedom ring from every village and town, we can speed up this day. At that time, all the children of God, black and white, Jew and gentile, Jesus and Catholic, will be able to join hands and sing the old song of black soul: "Free at last! Free at last! Thanks to Almighty God, we are finally free! "

Martin was assassinated five times and killed for the fifth time!

That's all I can find. ' I'm sorry''!