Dear Editor,
It is most heart-warming during this Black History Month to see so many people happy at the ascendancy of a black man to the presidency of the United States of America for the second time around.
However, we should all reflect on the significant role played by Martin Luther King Jr, the civil rights activist who advocated and promoted human rights causes with peaceful resistance which enabled people of African descent to achieve civil and political rights.
This gentle giant surely contributed meaningfully to the upliftment of humanity, while he protested against electoral irregularities, segregation, poor housing conditions, and education for the black population during the social revolution in the USA in the early 1960s.
As we reminisce on the extraordinary role played by Dr King, people of African descent, particularly African-Americans, must be delighted that they can participate in political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of society.
Valentine Pearson
valenempearson@yahoo.com
Remembering Dr Martin Luther King Jr
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It is most heart-warming during this Black History Month to see so many people happy at the ascendancy of a black man to the presidency of the United States of America for the second time around.
However, we should all reflect on the significant role played by Martin Luther King Jr, the civil rights activist who advocated and promoted human rights causes with peaceful resistance which enabled people of African descent to achieve civil and political rights.
This gentle giant surely contributed meaningfully to the upliftment of humanity, while he protested against electoral irregularities, segregation, poor housing conditions, and education for the black population during the social revolution in the USA in the early 1960s.
As we reminisce on the extraordinary role played by Dr King, people of African descent, particularly African-Americans, must be delighted that they can participate in political, economic, social, and cultural aspects of society.
Valentine Pearson
valenempearson@yahoo.com
Remembering Dr Martin Luther King Jr
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