英語聽力 學英語,練聽力,上聽力課堂! 注冊 登錄
> 在線聽力 > 有聲讀物 > 英語美文 > 專業(yè)四級晨讀英語美文200篇 >  第150篇

專四晨讀美文:MLK Holiday Celebrates Late Civil Rights Leader

所屬教程:專業(yè)四級晨讀英語美文200篇

瀏覽:

2019年03月18日

手機版
掃描二維碼方便學習和分享
https://online2.tingclass.net/lesson/shi0529/10000/10170/150.mp3
https://image.tingclass.net/statics/js/2012



MLK Holiday CelebratesLate Civil Rights Leader
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.
By August 1963, Reverend King's push for equal rights
had become a national movement.
That month, more than 250,000 people
took part in the March on Washington led by King,
it was designed to pressure lawmakers
to pass a civil rights bill that would end racial discrimination.
Former civil rights activist Roger Wilkins was there
on the day marchers gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
"It was a glorious warm summer day
in which people were rejuvenated.
And (there was) just a good feeling of a country coming together.
You really felt, I did for the first time in my life,
the weight of America's conscience."
"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."
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.
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.
The measures outlawed racial segregation in public places
and discriminatory practices
that prevented blacks from voting.
Martin Luther King's final campaign
was in Memphis, Tennessee in March and April of 1968.
He led a march in support of striking sanitation workers.
But the protest turned violent
when young militants began looting stores.
King was distraught
and vowed to return to Memphis to lead a peaceful march.
On the night of April 4, 1968 at the Lorraine Motel,
King was assassinated.
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.



用戶搜索

瘋狂英語 英語語法 新概念英語 走遍美國 四級聽力 英語音標 英語入門 發(fā)音 美語 四級 新東方 七年級 賴世雄 zero是什么意思安陽市建業(yè)春天里(光明路)英語學習交流群

網(wǎng)站推薦

英語翻譯英語應急口語8000句聽歌學英語英語學習方法

  • 頻道推薦
  • |
  • 全站推薦
  • 推薦下載
  • 網(wǎng)站推薦