Remember! Celebrate! Act!
A Day On, Not A Day Off!!
Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.
in the Year 2001
I Have A Dream
Austin
1/26/2001
Andersen Elementary/Union Public Schools
Mrs. Snowbarger
Tulsa, OK
A Very Important Man
By: Sean E. Age 6
1/13/2001
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a very important man.
I think he was important because he saved this country. Dr. King
had a speech called "I Have a Dream" where he said, "all men are created
equal". Dr. King was a very nice and brave man. It was a very
sad day when Martin Luther King Jr. was killed by James Earl Ray.
Typed by his father
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Not a Day Off, a Day On!!!
by Melissa and Sarah, 6th Grade
1/12/2001
He had a dream
to set all black people free
and they took his life over it
but we still remember
it as a day on
NOT a day off.
Ephrata WA
He Helped His People
by Emily G., 10 years old
1/10/2001
King was a black,
A brave one that is,
He helped his people,
Become independent,
Then they were stronger,
Life became longer,
Love was ever lasting,
Segregation was passing,
As marches were being marched,
As we speak,
People weren't becoming weak,
But strong,
Life still goes along,
But not with Martin Luther King Jr.,
His life ended April 4th, 1968.
I was a Slave
by Chloe T., 9 years. old
1/09/2001
I was a slave,
I was very brave,
I fought for freedom
I knew we could beat 'em
Pleasant Hill School, 4th grade
Palatine, Illinois
Picture Poem
Samantha
1/26/2001
Andersen Elementary/Union Public Schools
Mrs. Snowbarger
Tulsa, OK
Mrs. Vega's Grade 6
Computer Skills Class
Copiague Middle School
Copiague, NY
"Poem"
by Desirae R.
1/14/2001
*Free at last*
*Free at last*
*We're all free at last*
*These are Martin Luther Kings words*
*That he will always be known by*
GREAT MAN
TIFFANY S.
1/15/2001
MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A
GREAT MAN
WHO NEVER GAVE UP
ON HIS DREAM
WITHOUT A FIGHT
HE THOUGHT THAT EVERYONE
HAD ALL RIGHTS
AND WERE CREATED EQUAL
NO MATTER WHAT
HE WILL ALWAYS BE
THE GREAT MAN WHO CHANGED
HOW WE ARE TODAY
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
By: Tommy L.
11/18/2001
| Martin Luther King was born in
1929. Martin Luther King struggled and fought for civil rights.
He was a man that would never give up and fought hard for what he believed
in. He even went to jail for our rights. If it wasn't for him,
life wouldn't be like it is today.
Martin Luther King would give speeches
to all people, white and black everywhere. Once he told them he had
a dream, that all the children, white and black would be equal. He
gave many of his speeches at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, where his father
was also a minister. Martin Luther King went as far as holding a
bus boycott for 382 days. He did this because the bus companies made
all black people sit in the back of the bus. By holding the boycott,
the bus company lost a lot of money and the bus company allowed black people
to sit where they wished.
Martin Luther King gave a speech
that he might be shot. Then on April 4th, while standing outside
with Jesse Jackson and Ralph Abernathy, a shot was fired. Martin
Luther King fell over with a shot to his neck. At 7:05 pm he was
announced dead at the St. Joseph's Hospital. His death caused violence
and riots everywhere, something Martin Luther King tried to teach
all people not to do. |
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Alyssa D., age 11
1/11/2001
Kind and generous man
Involved with projects for equality
Never gave up
Gone to where he wanted to go
Martin Luther King
by Breanna, age 11 and Kelly, age 11
1/15/2001
| Martin Luther King Jr., was a person who believed
in equality. When he took action, he did not use violence. he used powerful
words. He did not want his children growing up in a world where his children's
friends had to have the same skin color. He would have loved part
of the world today--how we can have any race of friend, and we do not have
separate white and black bathrooms. Or a white water fountain and black
water fountain. |
Copiague Middle School, grade 6
Computer Skills Teacher: Mrs. Vega
Copiague, NY
He Had a Dream
By Bethany D., age 13
11/11/2001
Years and years ago,
He had a dream.
We heard, saw and felt,
And now it's many a lives’ theme.
He only wanted equality,
Which our creed guarantees,
In years past and past ago,
That promise has withered like leaves on trees.
He wanted his children safe,
He wanted the cities to be peaceful.
He wanted an end to oppression,
He wanted his world to be merciful.
“All men were created equal,”
Have we fallen away?
He had a dream then,
We have a dream today.
Lincoln Christian School, grade 7
Tulsa, Oklahoma
My Dream
By Danielle C.
I have a dream
it's not a theme.
I have a dream
all through the hills that will bring thrills.
The people are mad and I'm sad
because this violence.
This violence is bad and sad.
His Dream
By Kathleen A.
Martin Luther King had dreamed,
to have all the blacks freed,
Blacks are just the same as whites,
I'm fighting for my peoples' rights,
The more this rule will go on,
the blacks will be arrested and be gone.
Free At Last
by G.
There lived a great man
who said I'm free at last!
I'm free at last
thank God Almighty
I'm free at last
Kirksville, Missouri
1/10/2001
Poem
Hillary & Sarah
1/26/2001
Andersen Elementary/Union Public Schools
Mrs. Snowbarger
Tulsa, OK
Martin Luther King Junior
stone6609@aol.com
1/21/2001
Martin Luther King Jr. was a
great man.
He fought for civil rights and
equality
but he never gave up you see.
He did not have anything against
anybody
but he just wanted people to
join hands
and to be in peace and unity.
And that is why I like
Martin Luther King Jr.
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