"REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR:THE RADICAL PASTOR THAT CHANGED AMERICA FOR BETTER"

Today marks the 86th birthday of the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr  who was one of the greatest Americans that had ever lived. His political impacts and legacies continue to change America till today by moving her year in and year out toward a more perfect union where the character of a man will be more important than the color of his skin.
WHO WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR?
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr? What did he stand for? What motivated him into the mass movement and the political struggles for racial equality and justice in America? What was his political philosophy? What was his political ideology? Who were his mentors that shaped his life and destiny? Was he a true radical in all ramifications or not? Why did he die? What did he died for? What are the enduring legacies that he left behind 47 years later? How relevant are his political legacies to the 21st century America, to the present state of the African-Americans and to the present historical presidency of Barack Obama?

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR:THE TRUE RADICAL
Martin Luther King, Jr was a true radical in all ramifications. He stood aganist the American white establishment. He fought against the established order of racial segregation and the agelong status quo in the American society. He fought against racial inequality, segregation, discrimination, injustice and poverty in America of his time. He died in the struggles fighting for a change and a better America. He desired to see America that will become a nation of racial equality and equal justice before the law of the land for all her citizens and residents. He wanted to see America becomes the true melting point for all her peoples.

THE POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND IDEOLOGY FOR HIS MISSION:
His political ideology and philosophy of a "Nonviolent Resistance Struggle" aganist racism, injustice, discrimination, poverty and for equality of all races was shaped by the American Declaration of Independence that reads: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness". He was also motivated by the words and the teachings of Jesus Christ and the political philosophy and methods that the late Indian leader Mahatma Ghandi used successful in India aganist the British colonial power that got the nation of India a political independence from Great Britain.

REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR AND HIS LEGACIES:
Firstly, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 makes the American nation for the first time since it was founded in 1776 to become a global example of a nation of many union of races, nationalities, cultures, religion beliefs, political ideologies, economic theories and social affliations that is still striving on daily basis to become a more perfect union that will accomodate all these human diversities in life.

Secondly, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 now opens the American nation to legal immigration from all over the nations of the world. These new immigrants and the new Americans are direct beneficiaries from the gains of these civil rights struggles and the legacies of Rev. King. They now live, work and raise their families in a nation of laws where they are given equal treatment under the supreme law of the land.

Thirdly, the tens of thousands of individuals from the different minority groups since 1964 have taken the full advantage of the Civil Rights Act and had moved into positions of leadership in the different sectors of the American life, both in the private and in the public sectors of the American nation. America's workplaces, neighborhoods, politics, sport, entertainment and her education systems are now the direct reflections of the diverse nature of the present day America society as a result of this Civil Rights Act that the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr lived, fought and died for.