Former President Goodluck Jonathan has been honoured by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta, Georgia in United States in recognition of his leadership in advancing human rights, social justice and the fight for universal freedom.
The SCLC was founded by the late American Civil Right leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
As the first African leader to be honoured, Jonathan expressed his gratitude to the SCLC for inviting him and declared that it was “virtually impossible to separate this worthy body from its founder, the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, or from epoch making landmark events of the American Civil Rights movement”.
“My personal takeaway from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, is service to God and the brotherhood and equality of all men before their Creator.
In keeping with that, I have learnt not to look up to any man, except he is taller than I, or to look down on a fellow mortal, except I am admiring his shoes”, he said.
The event is part of the activities leading up to the celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day on Monday, January 18th, 2016.
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