Human Wrongs Watch
4 April 2018 — Recalling the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated 50 years ago on 4 April, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged the world to build on the civil rights leader’s work for equality and social justice.
“Decades after his death, he continues to inspire all those around the world who are struggling for human rights and human dignity in the face of oppression, discrimination and injustice.”
Dr. King’s advocacy and pronouncements against discrimination, and in favour of social justice, of global understanding and the virtues of diversity are more relevant today than ever, added the Secretary-General.
Born in January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. King was shot and killed on the evening of 4 April 1968 while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city.
In 1978, ten years after his death, the civil rights leader was posthumously awarded the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights, honouring him for his outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of the human rights embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other human rights instruments.
Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. (SOURCE: UN).
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