美國過節紀念民權運動領袖

Americans across the country pause Monday to observe the annual federal holiday marking the birthday of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.

The holiday was created in 1983 when then-president Ronald Reagan signed a bill designating the third Monday in January to honor King, who was born on January 15, 1929 in ((the southeastern city of)) Atlanta, Georgia.

The U.S. Congress designated the King holiday as a national day of service in 1994, a move aimed at encouraging Americans to take part in community projects.

King first rose to prominence in 1955 when he led a successful boycott of the public bus lines in the southern city of Montgomery, Alabama, forcing the city to end its practice of segregation of black passengers. He would go on to become the foremost public figure of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s, inspiring millions with his famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the 1963 March on Washington.星期一是美國聯邦假日，紀念被殺害的民權領袖馬丁·路德·金的誕辰。

馬丁·路德·金日是1983年設立的聯邦假日，時任美國總統里根簽署了一項法案，在每年1月的第三個星期一紀念馬丁·路德·金。1929年1月15日，馬丁·路德·金出生於喬治亞州的亞特蘭大市。

1994年，美國國會把馬丁·路德·金日定爲全國服務日，鼓勵美國民衆參與社區項目的活動。

馬丁·路德·金在1955年成爲著名人士，當時他在阿拉巴馬州的蒙特馬利市成功地領導了對公交車線路的封鎖，迫使該市停止了對黑人乘客的隔離政策。在上世紀50和60年代，馬丁·路德·金成爲民權運動的主要代言人，他1963年在華盛頓大遊行期間發表著名演講“我有一個夢想”，激勵了無數民衆。