Martin Luther King Jr Day

The holiday that I chose was Martin Luther King Day. Martin Luther King is civil rights leader and has brought hope and healing to the world. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. His dad was a pastor and a humble man of God. He was brought up in a southern black community and as he got older, he became a pastor himself. At age 35, he was the youngest man to receive a nobel piece prize. In 1957 he was elected president of the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership). He got assassinated on  April 4, 1968. We celebrate Martin Luther Kings day every year on January 21 to honor the life of a humble, peaceful man who only wanted to bring good in the world. It is the day that America should come together and be thankful that segregation doesn’t exist anymore although racism might still exist. In my own opinion, I think that this day should be a holiday because he sacrificed his life so we could all be together and be one like Americans should be.

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