CNN News: 馬丁·路德金

Fifty years ago today, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. He was a Baptist minister and an activist. He was a writer and a gifted speaker.

50年前的今天，馬丁·路德·金博士在田納西州的孟菲斯被暗殺。他是浸禮會牧師和活動家。他是一位作家，也是一位天才演說家。

He delivered his most famous speech during the march on Washington in 1963. He was named "Time Magazine’s" Man of the Year in 1963. He received a Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

1963年3月，他在華盛頓發(fā)表了他最著名的演講。被《時代》雜志評為1963年年度人物。并在1964年獲得了諾貝爾和平獎。

And today, Dr. King is remembered as being one of the most renowned civil rights leaders in history.

今天，馬丁·路德金被銘記為歷史上最著名的民權(quán)領(lǐng)袖之一。

One of his main goals was to use what he called non-violent direct action, peaceful protests like marches and sit-ins to promote equal treatment for African-Americans in the U.S.

他的主要目標是利用非暴力直接行動，和平抗議，如游行和靜坐，以促進美國黑人的平等待遇。

Dr. King was no stranger to controversy. He was arrested and jailed in solitary confinement for leading a march in Birmingham in Alabama. He spoke out publicly against U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, which angered many people in the late 1960s. Some of his activism on behalf of America’s poor failed to get the results that he and his supporters hoped for.

馬丁·路德金曾經(jīng)飽受爭議。他因領(lǐng)導(dǎo)了阿拉巴馬州伯明翰的游行中被監(jiān)禁進而入獄。他公開表示反對美國參與越南戰(zhàn)爭，這激怒了60年代后期的許多人。他的一些代表美國窮人的行動沒有取得他和支持者們最后所希望的結(jié)果。

Not long before his assassination, Dr. King said in a sermon, quote: Living every day under the threat of death, I feel discouraged every now and then and feel my work is in vain, but then the Holy Spirit revives my soul again.

在被暗殺前不久，馬丁·路德金在一次布道中說:“我每天在死亡的威脅下生活，時常感到氣餒，因為覺得自己的工作是徒勞的，但是圣靈又恢復(fù)了我的靈魂。”

A half century later, it’s clear Dr. King’s work was not in vain.

半個世紀后，很明顯馬丁·路德金的工作并沒有徒勞。