{"id":2625,"date":"2021-01-13T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2021-01-11T13:34:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T12:34:42","slug":"le-martin-luther-kings-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/le-martin-luther-kings-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Martin Luther King\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Chaque <strong>3\u00b0 lundi du mois de janvier <\/strong>est un jour f\u00e9ri\u00e9 aux \u00c9tats-Unis, le <strong>Martin Luther King\u2019s Day.<\/strong> Il marque la date anniversaire du r\u00e9v\u00e9rend (le 15 janvier 1929) ayant \u0153uvr\u00e9 pour les droits civiques des afro-am\u00e9ricains. Promulgu\u00e9 en 1983 par Ronald Reagan, il sera effectif pour la premi\u00e8re fois le 20 janvier 1986, donnant lieu \u00e0 un m\u00e9morable concert r\u00e9unissant Bob Dylan (qui \u00e9tait au c\u00f4t\u00e9 de MLK dans son combat) et Stevie Wonder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1280px-Reagan_signs_Martin_Luther_King_bill-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2631\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1280px-Reagan_signs_Martin_Luther_King_bill.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2631\" class=\"wp-image-2631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1280px-Reagan_signs_Martin_Luther_King_bill-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1280px-Reagan_signs_Martin_Luther_King_bill-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1280px-Reagan_signs_Martin_Luther_King_bill-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1280px-Reagan_signs_Martin_Luther_King_bill.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">\u0152uvrant depuis de nombreuses ann\u00e9es au sein des organisations pour les droits civiques (<em>voir notre article sur les droits civiques <\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/2020\/06\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>ici<\/em> <\/a>), Martin Luther King avait rejoint <strong>Memphis <\/strong>pour soutenir la <strong>gr\u00e8ve des \u00e9boueurs de la ville<\/strong>, luttant pour leurs droits (ils \u00e9taient pay\u00e9s moins cher et n\u2019\u00e9taient pas pay\u00e9s lors des jours o\u00f9 les conditions climatiques ne leur permettaient pas de travailler, contrairement aux \u00e9boueurs blancs). Lors de cette lutte, un jeune afro-am\u00e9ricain sera tu\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/498027-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2633\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/498027.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2633\" class=\"wp-image-2633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/498027-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/498027-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/498027-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/498027.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"607\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/man6.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2634\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/man6.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2634\" class=\"wp-image-2634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/man6.jpg 607w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/man6-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Le <strong>4 avril<\/strong> en d\u00e9but de soir\u00e9e, alors qu\u2019il se trouve sur le balcon du <strong>Lorraine Motel <\/strong>de Memphis, Martin Luther King est assassin\u00e9 d\u2019une balle dans la gorge. Transport\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019h\u00f4pital, il sera d\u00e9clar\u00e9 mort \u00e0 19h05.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Gallery.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2636\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Gallery.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2636\" class=\"wp-image-2636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Gallery.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Gallery-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/180403-mlk-assassination-mn-0920_fe2e37ad72649138492b63abbc9b5a10.fit-1240w-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2635\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/180403-mlk-assassination-mn-0920_fe2e37ad72649138492b63abbc9b5a10.fit-1240w.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2635\" class=\"wp-image-2635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/180403-mlk-assassination-mn-0920_fe2e37ad72649138492b63abbc9b5a10.fit-1240w-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/180403-mlk-assassination-mn-0920_fe2e37ad72649138492b63abbc9b5a10.fit-1240w-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/180403-mlk-assassination-mn-0920_fe2e37ad72649138492b63abbc9b5a10.fit-1240w-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/180403-mlk-assassination-mn-0920_fe2e37ad72649138492b63abbc9b5a10.fit-1240w.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">S\u2019en suivra des \u00e9meutes raciales dans beaucoup de villes des USA, mais aussi une \u00e9volution pour les droits civiques. Le pr\u00e9sident Johnson d\u00e9clarant <strong>pour la premi\u00e8re fois un jour de deuil national pour un afro-am\u00e9ricain.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Deux mois apr\u00e8s l\u2019assassinat, un s\u00e9gr\u00e9gationniste blanc, <strong>James Earl Ray<\/strong> est arr\u00eat\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019a\u00e9roport de Londres-Heathrow. Il signera des aveux mais se r\u00e9tractera quelques jours plus tard. Depuis, plusieurs th\u00e9ories conspirationnistes \u00e9voquent <strong>une ing\u00e9rence du gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral<\/strong> dans l\u2019assassinat du r\u00e9v\u00e9rend. Un nouveau proc\u00e8s eut lieu en 1999, un an apr\u00e8s la mort de Ray, apr\u00e8s que Loyd Jowers (propri\u00e9taire d\u2019un restaurant non loin du motel) ait r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 \u00e0 la t\u00e9l\u00e9vision des d\u00e9tails d\u2019une conspiration de la mafia et du gouvernement. A l\u2019issue, la famille de Martin Luther ne sera plus persuad\u00e9e de l\u2019implication de James Earl Ray dans l\u2019assassinat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/636570651154099205-Ten-Most-Wanted-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2638\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/636570651154099205-Ten-Most-Wanted.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2638\" class=\"wp-image-2638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/636570651154099205-Ten-Most-Wanted-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/636570651154099205-Ten-Most-Wanted-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/636570651154099205-Ten-Most-Wanted-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/636570651154099205-Ten-Most-Wanted-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/636570651154099205-Ten-Most-Wanted-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/636570651154099205-Ten-Most-Wanted-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"982\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/POOP3GYCEA3V5MMH7I4OULVQYI.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2639\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/POOP3GYCEA3V5MMH7I4OULVQYI.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2639\" class=\"wp-image-2639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/POOP3GYCEA3V5MMH7I4OULVQYI.jpg 982w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/POOP3GYCEA3V5MMH7I4OULVQYI-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/POOP3GYCEA3V5MMH7I4OULVQYI-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Aujourd\u2019hui, Martin Luther King reste une figure de la lutte non violente des afro-am\u00e9ricains pour leur droit. Le motel de Memphis a \u00e9t\u00e9 transform\u00e9 en mus\u00e9e\u00a0: le <strong>National Right Museum<\/strong> et reste une \u00e9tape incontournable de Memphis. Malgr\u00e9 le fait qu\u2019il soit bien conserv\u00e9, vous vous demandez sans doute pourquoi une figure telle que Martin Luther King \u00e9taient log\u00e9 dans un simple motel\u00a0?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TN_Memphis_LorraineMotel-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2642\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TN_Memphis_LorraineMotel.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2642\" class=\"wp-image-2642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TN_Memphis_LorraineMotel-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TN_Memphis_LorraineMotel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TN_Memphis_LorraineMotel-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TN_Memphis_LorraineMotel-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/TN_Memphis_LorraineMotel.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lorraine-motel-in-memphis-641451_1280-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2641\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lorraine-motel-in-memphis-641451_1280.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2641\" class=\"wp-image-2641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lorraine-motel-in-memphis-641451_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lorraine-motel-in-memphis-641451_1280-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lorraine-motel-in-memphis-641451_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/lorraine-motel-in-memphis-641451_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">En fait, ce b\u00e2timent \u00e9tait r\u00e9f\u00e9renc\u00e9 dans le <em>\u00ab\u00a0Green Book\u00a0\u00bb<\/em>, un petit livret qui recensait les diff\u00e9rents \u00e9tablissements dans lesquels les noirs \u00e9taient autoris\u00e9s \u00e0 s\u00e9journer (pour une petite s\u00e9ance cin\u00e9ma, nous vous invitons \u00e0 regarder le film du m\u00eame nom qui est tr\u00e8s repr\u00e9sentatif). Et ce motel faisait parti des plus confortables \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque. Vous pourrez visiter la chambre du pasteur mais \u00e9galement revenir sur l\u2019histoire du s\u00e9gr\u00e9gationnisme \u00e0 travers les si\u00e8cles. Le b\u00e2timent faisant face au motel est \u00e9galement une annexe du mus\u00e9e, c\u2019est de l\u00e0 que serait parti le coup de feu ayant atteint le r\u00e9v\u00e9rend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-11 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01Hours-Memphis3-superJumbo-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2643\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01Hours-Memphis3-superJumbo.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2643\" class=\"wp-image-2643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01Hours-Memphis3-superJumbo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01Hours-Memphis3-superJumbo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01Hours-Memphis3-superJumbo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01Hours-Memphis3-superJumbo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/01Hours-Memphis3-superJumbo.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1a2647a302f9c964e423ab5d7c661592.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2644\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1a2647a302f9c964e423ab5d7c661592.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2644\" class=\"wp-image-2644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1a2647a302f9c964e423ab5d7c661592.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1a2647a302f9c964e423ab5d7c661592-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1a2647a302f9c964e423ab5d7c661592-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Memphis-Civil-Rights-National-Civil-Rights-Museum-Lorraine-Motel-01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2645\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Memphis-Civil-Rights-National-Civil-Rights-Museum-Lorraine-Motel-01.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2645\" class=\"wp-image-2645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Memphis-Civil-Rights-National-Civil-Rights-Museum-Lorraine-Motel-01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Memphis-Civil-Rights-National-Civil-Rights-Museum-Lorraine-Motel-01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Memphis-Civil-Rights-National-Civil-Rights-Museum-Lorraine-Motel-01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Memphis-Civil-Rights-National-Civil-Rights-Museum-Lorraine-Motel-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Memphis-Civil-Rights-National-Civil-Rights-Museum-Lorraine-Motel-01.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Aux USA, le Martin Luther King Day est un jour f\u00e9ri\u00e9 o\u00f9 les am\u00e9ricains <strong>c\u00e9l\u00e8brent l\u2019\u00e9galit\u00e9 raciale<\/strong>. Les \u00e9coles et administrations sont ferm\u00e9es mais les restaurants et magasins restent ouverts. Ce jour reste une <strong>f\u00eate \u00e9ducative<\/strong>, et plusieurs \u00e9v\u00e9nements sont organis\u00e9s (concerts, lecture, exposition\u2026) autour de la vie et des actions de Martin Luther King. C&rsquo;est \u00e9galement un Day of service (jour de b\u00e9n\u00e9volat), d\u00e9di\u00e9 au service de la communaut\u00e9\u00a0: la population est appel\u00e9e \u00e0 agir pour les personnes dans le besoin. A New York, une parade se d\u00e9roule sur la 5\u00b0avenue \u00e0 partir de 13h, et la NBA organise de nombreux matchs ce jour, beaucoup de ses joueurs \u00e9tant afro-am\u00e9ricain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-13 is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"755\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/coverstory-story_ejaita_mlk-755x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2646\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2646\" class=\"wp-image-2646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/coverstory-story_ejaita_mlk-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/coverstory-story_ejaita_mlk-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/coverstory-story_ejaita_mlk.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"192\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/index.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2647\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2647\" class=\"wp-image-2647\"\/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"766\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/new-yorker-766x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2650\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/new-yorker.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2650\" class=\"wp-image-2650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/new-yorker-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/new-yorker-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/new-yorker-768x1026.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/new-yorker-1150x1536.jpg 1150w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/new-yorker-1533x2048.jpg 1533w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/new-yorker.jpg 1916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"825\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MLKDAY2020-flyer-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"2648\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blog.american-motors-travel.com\/?attachment_id=2648\" class=\"wp-image-2648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MLKDAY2020-flyer-web.jpg 825w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MLKDAY2020-flyer-web-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/MLKDAY2020-flyer-web-768x559.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Nos programmes \u00ab Route du Blue Tours&nbsp;\u00bb et \u00ab&nbsp;Magie du Sud Tours&nbsp;\u00bb, vous permettront de d\u00e9couvrir cet endroit charg\u00e9 d\u2019histoire et d\u2019\u00e9motions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/voyage-a-moto\/etats-unis\/route-du-blues-tours-72\">https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/voyage-a-moto\/etats-unis\/route-du-blues-tours-72<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/voyage-a-moto\/etats-unis\/magie-du-sud-tours-119\">https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/voyage-a-moto\/etats-unis\/magie-du-sud-tours-119<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"text_justify\">Martin Luther King est enterr\u00e9 \u00e0 Atlanta sa ville natale, vous pourrez \u00e9galement visiter dans un notre programme \u00ab&nbsp;The Great South Tours&nbsp;\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/voyage-a-moto\/etats-unis\/the-great-south-tours-258\">https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/voyage-a-moto\/etats-unis\/the-great-south-tours-258<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaque 3\u00b0 lundi du mois de janvier est un jour f\u00e9ri\u00e9 aux \u00c9tats-Unis, le Martin Luther King\u2019s Day. Il marque la date anniversaire du r\u00e9v\u00e9rend (le 15 janvier 1929) ayant \u0153uvr\u00e9 pour les droits civiques des afro-am\u00e9ricains. Promulgu\u00e9 en 1983 par Ronald Reagan, il sera effectif pour la premi\u00e8re fois le 20 janvier 1986, donnant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[18,22,53,7,97,6,24,108,163,23,63,47,46,45,52],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2651,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions\/2651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.american-motors-travel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}