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Autobiografia - vol. 1

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208 pages, Paperback

Published October 1, 2019

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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the pivotal leaders of the American civil rights movement. King was a Baptist minister, one of the few leadership roles available to black men at the time. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956) and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1957), serving as its first president. His efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Here he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.

King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter in 1977. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a national holiday in the United States in 1986. In 2004, King was posthumously awarded a Congressional Gold Medal.

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February 24, 2021
Ainda não encontrei o prazer em mim de ler história contemporânea, no entanto este trabalho transmitiu-me coragem para deixar de fechar os olhos, não aceitar o que tem sido feito, mudar "status quo" do que não parece bem.
A autobiografia de King conta por palavras doces mas corajosas como se sente um homem que liderou tantos oprimidos e privados dos direitos básicos civis (segregação racial). Conseguiu acabar com a segregação, agarrando a serenidade e assumindo protestos não violentos, começou por lutar contra a lei que tornara ilegal a prioridade para brancos se sentarem nos lugares disponíveis nos autocarros, numa altura em que estes eram maioritariamente utilizados pela população negra. Conseguiu depois de 13 meses, fruto do esforço de milhares de negros que seguiram a pé para os seus trabalhos todos os dias.
Não acredito que qualquer pessoa o conseguisse ter feito, mas todos nós podemos querer tanto mudar algo que encontraremos alguém com a alma e capacidade para nos ajudar a levar a mudança avante. Neste caso, King liderou a primeira mudança que melhorou milhares de vidas no sul dos EUA e que motivou atitudes não violentas e de crença por todo o mundo, como referiu o próprio, inspirado no exemplo de Ghandi.
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