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Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
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The United States today celebrates the birth of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. with memorials (纪念活动), parades
(游行)
and a "King Day of
Service." The King holiday, which President Ronald Reagan (里根总统)
signed (签署)
into law in 1983, has become known as a day of community service (社区服务).
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About
one thousand marchers brave the cold weather to march several miles
through the streets of St. Louis, Missouri during the Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Day March, January 17, 2000.
(Photo by Bill Greenblatt) |
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Wright Elementary School
students joined together Jan. 14 to sing songs of praise during a Martin
Luther King Jr. program at their school in Beloit, Wis. The program was to
celebrate the life of the fallen civil rights leader.
(Photograph
by: AP/Beloit Daily News, Tom Holoubek ) |
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President Clinton hugs (拥抱)
Cienai Wright, 13, following his speech at the Boys and Girls Club of
Washington, D.C., Jan. 17. Clinton marked the birthday observance (仪式)
of slain
civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. by helping volunteers (志愿者)
refurbish (再磨光,
刷新)a computer lab at the Club.
( Photograph
by: AP) |
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Service (仪式)
participants (参与者)
Bonnie Law and Gavin E. Wainwright hold hands as the hymn (赞美诗,
圣歌)
"We
Shall Overcome" is sung during the Martin Luther
King Jr. birthday celebration at Zion Baptist Church in Parkersburg, W.
Va., Jan. 16.
(Photograph
by: AP/The Parkersburg News,
Mike Zinnen) |
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Each year on the third
Monday of January schools, federal (联邦的)
offices, post office and banks across
America close as we celebrate the birth, the life
and the dream of Dr Martin Luther King Jr..
It is a time for the nation
to remember the injustices (不公平)
that Dr King fought. A time to remember
his fight for freedom, equality (平等)
, and dignity (尊严)
of all races (种族)
and
peoples. A time to remember the message of change through
nonviolence (非暴力).
http://www.holidays.net/mlk/
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