Dr. King's Memorial

Dr. King's Memorial Written by Keira Fried Focus Question Who was Dr. King, and why is he important?

金博士纪念馆 作者：凯拉·弗里德 思考问题 金博士是谁？他为什么很重要？

Introduction. A memorial in Washington, D .C. honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The memorial has a large sculpture of Dr. King and famous words that he said.

引言： 美国华盛顿特区有一座纪念小马丁·路德·金博士的纪念馆。 馆内有一座巨大的金博士雕塑，还刻着他说过的名言。

Who was Dr. King and why do we remember him? Dr. King was a great leader. He wanted equal rights for all people, no matter their race or color.

金博士是谁？我们为什么要纪念他？ 金博士是一位伟大的领袖。 他希望所有人都能享有平等的权利，不分种族与肤色。

The South Dr. King grew up in Georgia, a state in the South, in the 1930s. Racism was common in the South, and many laws were unfair to black people.

金博士在佐治亚州长大，这个州位于美国南部，那时候是20世纪30年代。 当时种族歧视在南部很普遍，许多法律对黑人非常不公平。

The laws kept black people and white people separate from each other. Black children had to go to different schools from white children. Black people had to use different drinking fountains from white people.

这些法律强制黑人和白人分开生活。 黑人孩子和白人孩子必须上不同的学校。 黑人和白人必须使用不同的公共饮水机。

Laws said black people had to sit at the backs of city buses. The front seats were only for white people. Black people also rode in different railroad cars than white people. Black people weren't allowed to use the same restrooms as white people.

法律规定黑人只能坐在城市公交车的后排。 前排座位只允许白人乘坐。 黑人坐火车时也必须和白人分开乘坐不同的车厢。 黑人不允许和白人使用同一个公共卫生间。