Martin Luther King Jr. was a great professional speaker who helped bring equal rights, to the United States, and other countries, Being steps closer to stopping racism. He made the "I Have a Dream Speech," in 1963, while marching in Washington, to help racism stop.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at 6:01 p.m., on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, by someone who didn't like him, because of how he changed the United States.
As said on Wikipedia:
"Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established as a U.S. federal holiday in 1986."
I think that it was a good and rare thing for someone like Martin Luther King Jr. to be brave enough to professionally speak out during times when not everyone like each other, because of the colour of their skin.
Martin Luther King Jr., his speeches, and historical events being honoured so much, gave him a holiday.
You can watch his speech on "Youtube."
Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=i+have+a+dream+speech
+martin+luther+king+jr&aq=0&oq=I+Have+A+Dream+Speech+Martin
Here's the link to the Wikipedia site that's about Martin Luther King Junior.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.