Lamuhla lusuku lokubulawa kuka Dokotela Martin Luther King wakwele Melika, owayelwela ilungelo likazulu njalo owathola isicoco seNobel Peace Prize.
UDokotela King, owayengumfundisi, wenza izifundo zobufundisi ekolitshini leBoston University ngomnyaka ka1953.
Wathi ephutsha izifundo lezi wahle waqalisa umkhankaso wokulwisana lokubandlululwa kwabantu abansundu kuze kukhahlanyezwe uNkosazana Rosa Parks, owala ukusukumela umuntu omhlophe ebhasini eMontgomery endaweni ye-Alabama.
Watshukana labamhlophe kwaze kwafika isikhathi lapho aqoqa khona ukutshengisela emigwaqweni labantu abanengi okumangalisayo besola inkethabetshabi.
Uhulumende weMelika wacina eguqula imithetho yokubandlulula abantu abansundu kulandela izenzo zakhe. Wadutshulwa nguJames Early Ray, owayelobandlululo olumangalisayo.