The courage of the Martin Luther King

Many people recently reflect Martin Luther King through the Barak Obama. People say King’s dream came true by an African American becoming a new president of America. Martin Luther King was authentic activist for civil right in USA. Especially, he tried to advocate African American’s civil rights for all his life.
King was born as a son of a minister on January 15 in 1929. Although Lincoln had liberated slaves through the Civil War victory, at that time, there existed a lot of racial discrimination in USA. For example, African American had to give up their seats to the white people in the bus, and even highly educated African American couldn’t have the rights to vote or serve on juries.
In 1954, King became a minister, and by this time, he was working as a member of organization for advancement of African American. At that time, a trigger happened in Montgomery, which became the starting point of civil right movement for African American. A Black female was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to white man. King led boycott to secure equal rights in the bus for 382 days. After all, he ended racial segregation on all Montgomery bus through the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. After that, his civil right movement continued.
During his activity, he faced hundreds of death threats and his house was bombed. However, he didn’t give up his work. Although he suffered from lots of violence, he continuously insisted nonviolence protest due to influence from Gandi. As a result, in 1964, he became the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial discrimination.
Besides the Nobel Peace Prize, he has influenced to American. He made a speech ‘I have a dream’. “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.” This address is recognized as one of the famous speeches in the 20th century. After he was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, the third Monday in January is designated as American national holiday in memory of his birth. Although he was dead, his thought and dream are being remembered and coming true.