大象传媒

50 years ago this week Martin Luther King, Baptist pastor, civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner, was assassinated. In a special Easter edition of All Things Considered Roy Jenkins hears from some of the many people in Wales on whom Martin Luther King had a profound influence.

Dr King's courage in resisting injustice even when it meant being repeatedly locked up; his insistence on non-violence; and his rich flowing oratory and the passion of his people's struggle, still inspire many today.

50 years on, despite significant advances, including the first African-American president, Martin Luther King's dream is far from being achieved. Race, poverty and violence present enormous challenges, and America is still a deeply divided country. But his legacy remains powerful.

And it's a power which reaches way beyond his violent death making it strangely fitting that this 50th anniversary falls at Easter, when Christians affirm that death never has the last word.