King, Martin Luther, Jr

... Discrimination has been defined as the unequal treatment of equals. Discrimination is expressed in overt behaviour, while prejudice is expressed in attitude. Ethnic discrimination in this country is closely related to historical patterns of immigration and migration, particularly in the flow of newcomers to northern cities. Immigrants to the cities have, as groups, tended to occupy the lowest social and economic level. During the last thirty years efforts to combat racial discrimination have figured prominently in our history. The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s won the passage of important legislation; decisions of the Supreme Court and regulations of federal agencies have contributed greatly to fighting discrimination, yet it is obvious that a great deal more needs to be done. Martin Luther King was a black American who grew up in a country, in the 1930's, where black people were treated very much as second class citizens. Many lived in dreadful

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