If Martin Luther King Jr. was still alive
BY: Zoe Ebbing 6th grade
“We cannot have an enlightened democracy with one great group living in ignorance. We cannot have a healthy nation with one-tenth of the people ill-nourished, sick, harboring germs of disease which recognize no color lines-obey no Jim Crow laws. We cannot have a nation orderly and sound with one group so ground down and thwarted that it is almost forced into unsocial attitudes and crime. We cannot have truly Christian people so long as we flout the ventral teachings of Jesus: brotherly love and the Golden Rule. We cannot come to full prosperity with one-great group so ill-delayed that it cannot buy goods. So as wee gird ourselves to defend democracy from foreign attack, let us see to it that increasingly at home we give fair play and free opportunity for all people.” - Martin Luther King Jr. at age 14. If Martin Luther King was still alive what would he think of the world?
When Martin Luther King was a young boy, growing up in Atlanta, Georgia. He probably never dreamed of all he would accomplish and set in motion in his 39 years of life. Many people know Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights leader, the person who wrote the “I have a dream” speech. He …show more content…
Places are no longer segregated so people can go anyone and drink from any water fountain. Children of ALL different races are able to learn and lice together. And a person marrying people from another race is no longer illegal. But we have yet for people to be treated equally. Yes, we have equal rights but that doesn’t stop people from being ignorant about others and judging people based on their gender, skin tone, race, religion, etc. It says more about your character and your heart when you judge other based on their race than it doesn’t the person your
BY: Zoe Ebbing 6th grade
“We cannot have an enlightened democracy with one great group living in ignorance. We cannot have a healthy nation with one-tenth of the people ill-nourished, sick, harboring germs of disease which recognize no color lines-obey no Jim Crow laws. We cannot have a nation orderly and sound with one group so ground down and thwarted that it is almost forced into unsocial attitudes and crime. We cannot have truly Christian people so long as we flout the ventral teachings of Jesus: brotherly love and the Golden Rule. We cannot come to full prosperity with one-great group so ill-delayed that it cannot buy goods. So as wee gird ourselves to defend democracy from foreign attack, let us see to it that increasingly at home we give fair play and free opportunity for all people.” - Martin Luther King Jr. at age 14. If Martin Luther King was still alive what would he think of the world?
When Martin Luther King was a young boy, growing up in Atlanta, Georgia. He probably never dreamed of all he would accomplish and set in motion in his 39 years of life. Many people know Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights leader, the person who wrote the “I have a dream” speech. He …show more content…
Places are no longer segregated so people can go anyone and drink from any water fountain. Children of ALL different races are able to learn and lice together. And a person marrying people from another race is no longer illegal. But we have yet for people to be treated equally. Yes, we have equal rights but that doesn’t stop people from being ignorant about others and judging people based on their gender, skin tone, race, religion, etc. It says more about your character and your heart when you judge other based on their race than it doesn’t the person your