5 Chapter 12 The Dream Lives On

Chapter 11 The Dream Lives On Martin Luther King, Jr., was one of the greatest civil rights leaders of all time. Today, people around the world still remember all he did in his fight for equality. After Martin's death, Coretta carried on her husband's fight. She traveled around the world and talked about peace. She fought to end apartheid, which was a system of segregation in South Africa. Coretta fought for civil rights until her death in 2006.

马丁·路德·金是有史以来最伟大的民权领袖之一。 今天，世界各地的人们仍然记得他为争取平等所做的一切。 马丁死后，科蕾塔继续她丈夫的斗争。 她周游世界，谈论和平。 她为结束南非的种族隔离制度而斗争。 科雷塔为民权而斗争，直到2006年去世。

Martin's children carried on their father's message, too. In 1997, Martin Luther King III was elected to head the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He stayed with the SCLC until 2004. And Martin's youngest daughter, Bernice, is a minister. She travels around the world speaking about civil rights. Martin's youngest son, Dexter, attended Morehouse College. In 1997, Dexter visited James Earl Ray in prison. After speaking with Ray,

马丁的孩子们也继承了父亲的教诲。 1997年，马丁·路德·金三世被选为南方基督教领袖会议主席。 他一直在南方基督教领袖大会工作到2004年。 马丁最小的女儿伯尼斯是一名牧师。 她周游世界，谈论民权问题。 马丁最小的儿子德克斯特就读于莫尔豪斯学院。 1997年，德克斯特去监狱探望了詹姆斯·厄尔·雷。 和雷谈过之后，

Dexter was convinced that this man had not shot his father. Martin's oldest child, Yolanda, was an actress, author, and peace advocate. Yoki appeared in several films, including a miniseries about her father called King. She died on May 16, 2007. She was fifty-one years old. In 1980, Martin's boyhood home on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta and other buildings nearby were turned into a National Historic Site. Today, visitors can go to the museum to learn about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s role in the civil rights movement.

德克斯特确信这个人没有枪杀他的父亲。 马丁的大女儿约兰达是一名演员、作家和和平倡导者。 洋子出演了几部电影，包括一部关于她父亲的迷你剧《国王》。 她于2007年5月16日去世。她51岁。 1980年，马丁在亚特兰大奥本大道上的童年住宅和附近的其他建筑被列为国家历史遗址。 今天，游客可以去博物馆了解马丁·路德·金在民权运动中的作用。

And in 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill to create a federal holiday to honor Martin. It

1983年，罗纳德·里根总统签署了一项法案，设立一个联邦节日来纪念马丁。 它

is observed on the third Monday of January each year, near the time of his birthday. In his very last sermon on April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., talked about his own death. He hoped that people would remember him as a man who "tried to give his life serving others." He wanted to be remembered for helping "to feed the hungry" and for loving people. Forty years later, people remember Martin Luther King, Jr., and honor him for all this and more.

是在每年一月的第三个星期一，临近他的生日。 1968年4月3日，马丁·路德·金在他的最后一次布道中谈到了他自己的死亡。 他希望人们记住他是一个“努力为他人服务”的人。 他希望人们记住他帮助“喂饱饥饿的人”和爱心。 四十年后，人们记住了马丁·路德·金，并因此而向他致敬。