Martin Luther King Day

The following is a guest post by Aisling Chin-Yee.

January 18 honours Martin Luther King Jr, a man who spent his life inspiring people to unite for civil justice. This day is recognized by the United States of America, also by the mayor in Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba and the people of the world to remember King’s message of non-violence and human rights.

King was assassinated the day after this powerful speech (seen in video above). He has become an icon for human rights and peaceful demonstration.

Aisling Chin-Yee is a line producer for the NFB documentary project about racism in the workplace, Work For All. You can follow Aisling on Twitter here and Work For All Project on Twitter here.