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"LIKE ANYBODY, I WOULD LIKE TO LIVE A LONG LIFE. LONGEVITY HAS ITS PLACE. BUT I'M NOT
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT NOW. I JUST WANT TO DO GOD'S WILL. AND HE'S ALLOWED ME TO GO UP TO
THE MOUNTAIN. AND I'VE LOOKED OVER. AND I'VE SEEN THE PROMISED LAND. I MAY NOT GET THERE
WITH YOU. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW TONIGHT, THAT WE, AS A PEOPLE, WILL GET TO THE PROMISED
LAND!"
ON THE EVENING OF APRIL 4TH, 1968, DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR WAS ASASSINATED
WHILE OUTSIDE THE BALCONY OF HIS MOTEL ROOM IN TENNESSEE.
BY LEADING MARCHES AND ORGANIZING BOYCOTTS IN FAVOR OF CIVIL RIGHTS, DOCTOR KING HELPED
PAVE THE WAY FOR THE RECOGNITION AND FAIR TREATMENT FOR ALL.
DOCTOR KING WAS THE YOUNGEST MAN TO RECEIVE THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR NON-VIOLENT ACTIVISM
DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
HE SUCCESSFULLY PROTESTED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS.
IN 1983, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN HONORD DOCTOR KING'S CONTRIBUTIONS AND THIS YEAR MARKS THE
31ST ANNIVERSARY.
"IN THE YEARS AFTER THE BUS BOYCOTT, DR. KING MADE EQUALITY OF RIGHTS HIS LIFE'S WORK. ACROSS
THE COUNTRY, HE ORGANIZED BOYCOTTS, RALLIES, AND MARCHES. OFTEN HE WAS BEATEN, IMPRISONED,
BUT HE NEVER STOPPED TEACHING NONVIOLENCE. "WORK WITH THE FAITH", HE TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS,
"THAT UNEARNED SUFFERING IS REDEMPTIVE."
"REMEMBER! CELEBRATE! ACT! A DAY ON, NOT A DAY OFF." THIS HAS BEEN THE RECURRING THEME
OF THE OBSERVANCE FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY AND HAS EMPOWERED US TO REFLECT ON THE TEACHINGS
OF DR. KING AND CELEBRATE HIS LEADERSHIP THROUGH OUR DIVERSITY.
SPEND DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY REFLECTING ON THE CONTRIBUTIONS HE MADE TO
OUR HISTORY AND CIVIL RIGHTS.