Chapter 138: Black and White
After returning to the residence, Kim immediately sent someone to collect Alex's information.
He wants to know all the relevant information, whether it's personality, hobbies, or whatever. He had to know all of them, and he couldn't let go of any useful information.
Soon, there was a thick pile of papers in front of him.
Alex Carpenter is a celebrity, and his deeds have long been everywhere, and it didn't take much effort to get them.
Alex Carpenter is 16 years old. Born in a working-class family in Chicago, he appeared to be very intelligent and intelligent since he was a child. At the age of 4, he began to learn music to perform on stage, and at the age of 9, he recorded a record and became famous in one fell swoop. starred in his first film at the age of 10, and directed "The Sound of Music" at the age of 14 to break the box office record. Not only did he succeed in music and film, but he also published a best-selling children's work and invented a toy called a hula hoop that took the world by storm...... It is also said that diodes, transistor radios, transistor computers, and so on were also invented. ”
The more Jin looked at it, the more surprised he became, he had heard Alex's name for a long time, and he thought it was a rumor. What I didn't expect was that all this would be true.
"This guy is amazing!" Kim sighed.
For such an excellent person, if he can win it, it will be of great help to his career. Jin is full of fighting spirit, wanting to remove all the obstacles in front of him and achieve his wish as soon as possible.
Kim quickly contacts Alex's assistant, who offers to meet with Alex.
"Martin Luther King Jr. wants to see me?"
Alex looked at the assistant strangely, a little unsure if he wanted to meet him, after all, he was a person who left a name in history.
The assistant nodded and said, "Yes, but I advise you not to see each other." So as not to cause any misunderstanding, now that the civil rights movement is becoming more and more intense, and our concert is so eye-catching, if we let someone with a heart seize this point and play it......"
Alex thought the assistant's words were good, so he dismissed his desire to meet with the black leader.
However, he couldn't refuse directly, so he casually found an excuse and only told the other party that he didn't have time to meet. Unexpectedly, Jin was not discouraged, and asked Alex one after another if he had time to meet, and he had a lot of posture.
Alex knew that there was no way to avoid it like this, and he asked his assistant to tell Kim that the two of them could meet after the concert on the last day in New York.
After getting the news, Kim immediately took out his outfit, a black suit, a white shirt, and leather shoes.
Once he had everything ready, he looked in the mirror and the neat appearance made him feel good.
King was born in Atlanta in 1929 to a church pastor father and a school teacher.
After completing grammar school and high school, King entered the University of More in Atlanta in 1944, where he earned a degree and then a doctorate. After getting married, he moved back to south Atlanta and became a pastor of a church.
Since becoming the leader of the civil rights movement, he has considered uniting more people to promote the movement, and he has opposed extreme violence and has always advocated the use of nonviolent forms of resistance to fight for rights.
But in the north, King soon discovered that angry young blacks cared little of his exhortations, much less of his calls for peaceful resistance.
Although Kim has been trying to find a balance between peace and civil rights in his quest for peace, the reality has created discord among the activists.
The Progressive Coalition for People of Color (NAACP) believes King has made a "grave strategic mistake" by shifting the focus of the struggle.
The Cities Coalition also warned: "The 'limited resources' of the civil rights movement may soon be exhausted"
From a historical point of view, Kim's choice was extremely correct.
At his call, students, university professors, intellectuals, church members, and reformers threw themselves into the movement. Not only blacks, but also whites and enlightened upper classes at the bottom of society were also the targets of his alliance.
In his view, the eradication of poverty is the only way to truly improve the status of black society. Among the poor in the United States, blacks make up a large majority, and in addition to blacks, there are other people of color and whites.
In fact, his actions were tantamount to kidnapping the entire underclass onto his chariot, so the civil rights movement was able to achieve victory after victory under his leadership.
He called on the government to guarantee household income, hinted at a nationwide boycott, and said there would be nonviolent "encampment" sit-ins that would paralyze cities.
With these thoughts in mind, he began to plan a massive March of the Poor in Washington, hoping to get congressional attention through a massive demonstration movement that would solve the problem of the survival of many desperate, impoverished Americans.
Poverty not only affects the people at the bottom, but also causes social unrest and makes the upper classes feel restless. These are the people King wants to win over, at least not as an obstacle to the civil rights movement.
It was clear that people like Alex were his allies, and he believed that as long as the other side supported or sympathized with the civil rights movement, it was the beginning of victory.
Alex met Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent figure in the civil rights movement, at his residence.
It was a simple-looking black man with a burly build and a trademark beard. His gaze was blazing, as if it had penetrated people's hearts. He has a strong voice, and when he speaks, he will make people listen to him unconsciously.
Kim's image in China has always been that of a "tall and all-encompassing man," from a leader of the black movement who resisted the oppression of American imperialism to a symbol of the progressive power of the United States.
In fact, Kim himself was not perfect, he was a priest, adulterous and prostitute. As a PhD, plagiarism, plagiarism.
These things have long been spread in later generations, and Alex only learned about them when he saw them by accident.
It is said that it was FBI Director Herbert Hoover who personally ordered the surveillance of Kim's private life. Because he thought that Kim might have something to do with GCD, he was a spy planted by the Soviet Union in the United States, and he accidentally discovered the unbearable side of this human rights fighter.
However, Alex never thought there was anything about these stains, after all, no one is perfect. If you want to talk about plagiarism and plagiarism, he has done less.
The two sides shook hands with each other and said hello, then sat down separately and prepared to start talking.
"Have a drink, do you want coffee or milk tea?"
"Okay, then I need a cup of coffee."
The people below immediately brought the drink, and after they took a few sips, Dr. King said, "I have come this time to thank you for your contribution to the civil rights movement during this time. If it weren't for your support, I'm afraid we blacks wouldn't have been able to stand at the concert. ”
Alex smiled slightly and said, "It's nothing, in my eyes, fans are all the same, regardless of color and race." As long as I am a fan, I have the right to go to the concert live. ”
Dr. King agreed, "Yes, all men are created equal. Men and women, blacks and whites, old people and children, wise and foolish, and whether people have the same hobbies, qualifications, and possessions, they are all human beings, members of the big human family that can think, and should be respected. ”
"I think we have the same view on this issue of equality. We are all equal in God's eyes. Alex carefully weighed his words, not wanting to disappoint Dr. King or leave anyone else in the way.
"Anyway, I still have to thank you. I also went to the concert that day, and your songs are very beautiful and touching. ”
"You came to see me in person, you don't just want to say thank you. What's the matter? ”
Dr. Kim knew that if he didn't say what he meant now, he might lose the opportunity.
So he thought about it for a while and said, "I know that many people who sympathize with us don't dare to say their thoughts out loud. I don't expect you to support us openly, I just want to be friends with you. I understand that you have a lot of black friends around you, and they have a very close relationship with you. In this case, there is no more of me, and no less of me. What do you think? ”
Make friends? Is it as simple as making friends?
When Alex heard Dr. King's words, he immediately became alert, and it was likely that this was a ploy for the other party to try to drag himself into the water little by little. As a pastor, he knows how to approach himself in a subtle and silent way.
Refusal?
In fact, Alex had absolutely no reason to refuse.
At least on the surface, there is no proper reason, could it be that I have too many black friends, so I don't want to add another black friend. This kind of talk got out of the way, and it made Chuck and Little Richard think.
Alex does have a lot of black friends around him, and he is more or less influenced by those people.
For them, Dr. King is their spiritual leader, and if he does it too obviously, he may make those black friends feel uncomfortable.
If you accept it, you are likely to fall into the other party's plan. If only Dr. King had given a public speech as an example of his white friend. Wouldn't that be to roast him on the fire? It's really fatal, it's really troublesome.
Alex didn't think about it for long, he knew that there was a problem with whether it was left or right at this time, so he just had to do it according to his own heart.
He smiled and said, "Of course! As long as you treat me as a friend, of course I will treat you as a friend. I would never say no to having another friend. ”
Dr. King bared his white teeth and laughed. The white teeth are especially glaring under the black skin.
In fact, he didn't think about what to do with Alex, and making friends was just a whim of the moment.
For him, one more friend is one less enemy. As for using Alex as a target to attract white hatred, he had never thought of it.
Dr. King went back satisfied, and Alex finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had been too careful, perhaps due to the FBI's tracking and surveillance.
I don't know if the FBI eavesdropped on this conversation, and if some people hold a grudge, Alex will also be a little worried.