As part of JAMCL feature on Black History Month we will give our fellow webbites information on some Black Men who have either touched, changed or traced the future of Black People in the World.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech in August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. is until this day one of the most inspiring speeches of all time.
In that speech Martin Luther King addressed the issues of Black people being segregated and that he was dreaming of a day when the Black man and the White man will finally live in harmony, and that Black People will finally be free.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
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.
"I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of "interposition" and "nullification" -- one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers."-Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was a famous leader of the American civil rights movement, a political activist, and a Baptist minister. In 1964, King became the youngest man to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (for his work as a peacemaker, promoting nonviolence and equal treatment for different races).
On April 4, 1968, Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
In 1977, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter. In 1986, Martin Luther King Day was established as a United States holiday.
In 2004, King was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.
He was known as a great public speaker.
Dr. King often called for personal responsibility in fostering world peace.
King's most influential and well-known public address is the "I Have A Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Eventhough racism still exists in pockets in America, men like Martin Luther King Jnr. paved the way for Black people to be recognised as apart of the human race.
Black Americans are now well represented in Corporate America, having their own businesses and being Managers and CEO's of giant industrial and financial institutions.
Black athletes are seen as heroes as they bring home Gold medals for their country at the International level.
In Track and Field Jesse Owens, Michael Johnson are names that personify greatness in Sports.
More recently, Tiger Woods has put more life into the Sport of Golf, inspiring more gulfers to go into the weights room and muscle up for the challenge at hand.
In Basketball, Michael Jordan is seen as the greatest player to ever touch a Basketball boasting six championship rings in the National Basketball Association (NBA) the governing body of Basketball's professional league.
In baseball and American Football, blackmen has stood out quite well.