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Yeah, today we honor a legend, this historical moment, MLK

Martin Luther King Jr.'s life began like yours or mine

Born in Atlanta, Georgia in nineteen twenty nine

Martin Luther and Alberta Williams were his parents' names

With siblings Alfred and Willie, Christine Martin would play games


At Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, they were raised

Their father was Minister King, where the congregation praised

Martin graduated from high school early at age fifteen

And went to Morehouse College, grew in knowledge, though just a teen


He learned Thoreau protested slavery in eighteen forty-nine

Then at Crozer Seminary, he sought God's great design

He weighed the peaceful tactics Mahatma Gandhi used at every turn

Though he finished top of his class, he still had so much to learn


So off he went to study at Boston University

Met and married his wife, Loretta Scott, in nineteen fifty three

Learned theology, worked toward diversity, cared for the poor

Till he took a job as a pastor in nineteen fifty four


T'was in Montgomery, Alabama, where hate was winning out

The whites claimed things were separate but equal, but Martin had his doubts

Jim Crow Laws enforced separation between the blacks and whites

Blacks sat in the back of the bus, violating human rights


In nineteen fifty five, Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the front

Without a doubt, this historic event forged a battle front

So Martin led a bus boycott, people walked to inspire a fix

Till the protesters glee, the laws were changed in nineteen fifty six


Dr. King preached resistance

Was most effective through non-violence


Martin continued to advocate for the NAACP

He spoke of civil rights as he traveled from sea to sea

Next he led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

To help people toward the goal of fairness and tolerance

At the Lincoln Memorial, he backed the Civil Rights Act

Which later became a law that no one could redact

He staged sit-ins where blacks would sit in white-only spaces

Arrests followed as segregation fueled hate between the races

In Birmingham, there were boycotts

Against the businesses, they protested

Laws had gone uncontested

Adults and children were beaten, fire-hosed, and tested

The people hoped for a change, but instead were arrested

The media caught it all, shown on every TV station

Heard on radio, in the news, and made an angry nation

Social and financial pressures were felt in Birmingham

It was time to change unfair laws before they heard from Uncle Sam

In nineteen sixty three, JFK introduced the Civil Rights Bill

King held a march in Washington to affirm the people's will

In King's famous I Have a Dream speech, Martin boldly said

His dream was that one day the news of equality would spread

So one day his four children would grow up to live in a place

Where they would no longer dwell, separated by their race

A nation where children aren't judged by the color of their skin

But rather by their character, as it should have always been


Dr. King preached resistance

Was most effective through nonviolence


Dr. King's words were televised, inspired every nation

The Civil Rights Bill passed in nineteen sixty four, a righteous declaration

That same year, Dr. King was honored, as was most deserved

Peaceful opposition was the way he always served

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, though he had more to promote

Progress had been made, but still so hard for blacks to vote

In nineteen sixty five, he planned a march from Selma to Montgomery

State troopers tried to stop their trek across the country

President Johnson sent his federal troops for their protection

So they had the chance to voice their literacy test objections

Not long after, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act

Giving all citizens equal rights to vote, as a matter of fact

Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream to liberate

But soon he was assassinated in nineteen sixty eight

President Reagan ensured that his deeds would be retold

Making the third Monday in January a day we'd behold


Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a national holiday

A time to remember he paid with his life to bring a better way

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a national holiday

A time to remember he paid with his life to bring a better way


Dr. King preached resistance

Was most effective through nonviolence


Dr. King preached resistance

Was most effective through nonviolence

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