In Honor of Dr Martin Luther King, Jr8223280

IN HONOR TO DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR

Hi, my name is Jose! That was the 1st English sentence I learned after practicing in my mind for 6 hours. That's five years ago. I recall the airplane flight from Honduras for the U.S. reading my first sentence. Tonight, I've the courage to question you in English these questions:

Should we understand the legacy that i have a dream speech left this nation and the globe following your Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Do we realize that minus the Civil Rights Act, many people would not be sitting in Northwest Auditorium at UCLA tonite?

Should we truly comprehend the impact that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr made on world history with regards to Human Rights?

Students of color like myself are attending a world-class institution like UCLA as a result of Dr. King's work, and it's also my privilege to square prior to you today and celebrate Dr. King's legacy.

On January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King, Jr came to be in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a man of character and perseverance who lived underneath the heat of injustice and racial segregation. Still, he confronted all of that adversity with firmness and courage, so you and that i could enjoy his legacy today.

In line with the Us and World Bank Institute, Honduras is one of the world's poorest nations. Blacks in Honduras suffer the worst economic conditions. Blacks in Latin America are extremely marginalized that individuals are not even conscious that they exist. However, in the last thirty years the economy of Blacks has improved due to support of their loved ones which have immigrated to work in the U.S. following the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that outlawed, under specific situations, discrimination according to race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. In fact, the U.S. features a great affect on the financial success and independence of Afro-Hondurans using their Honduran government, which includes denied them economic freedom and individual rights as a result of political corruption from the elites. (Excerpts through the book titled "History of Blacks in Honduras " by my grandfather Santos Centeno, a Civil Rights Leader in Honduras inspired by martin luther king jr i have a dream)

I had been from Honduras. I will be the oldest of three boys. Both of my parents drilled into us to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and also the Civil Rights Movement. My father Jose Angel Manaiza, Sr named my younger brother Luther in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and named my youngest brother Jesse in honor of Reverend Jesse Jackson who had been mixed up in Civil Rights Movement along with 1984 ran for President.

Luther i were molested by our babysitter when were 3 and 4 year-old. "Injusticia en cualquier lugar es una amenaza para justicia en todos el mundo" Injustice anywhere can be a threat of justice every. That has been the initial quote which i learned in the Spanish version of the Autobiography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr (Autobiografa del Dr. MartinLuther King, Jr) that my mother provided me with like a little boy. 13 years back, I was 10-year-old soccer player in Honduras. I used to be walking with my mother Xiomara Centeno to Church. Suddenly three men started calling names at us "hey Niggars!" "Hey Monkeys!" I was not offended, but I was infuriated that they called my mother these names. It took everything I had not to show them that hatred. Instead, I took everything anger making a promise to myself which i would some day become an important individual such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, who changed people's minds and hearts. In order for me for being that influential person, I used to dream to attend the globe Famous University UCLA. Everyone used to laugh at me and let me know that we was completely crazy because it can be impossible will attend this kind of world-class institution like UCLA to become an influential person like my hero Dr. Martin Luther King. Alone who didn't laugh was my mother; she always believed in me. Each time a child dreams, you cannot tell that child that their dreams are impossible as you may hurt a child's heart.