I have a Dream Speech
His Face 0_o
King at a Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Diary :)
Today I lead the blacks. Fighting for the laws to change and for Rosa Parks being arrested.She was arrested because of not giving up her seat to a white person. So then the driver told the police. Parks did not gave up her seat because she thinks it's no fair and racist for blacks giving u their seat just by skin colour. She was brave and I will help her and myself finishing our dreams.
Since they arrested her I knew I had to stand up for her. So I held a non-violent protest for whites to change the law. But our people had suffered a lot. A lot of bullying by citizens or white people. Whites talking behind our backs and pointing. Police send out dogs to hunt us down. It was really unfair that we didn't do any violent actions but they did. Children wanted to go to parks, but blacks weren't allowed to enter.
Blacks said it wasn't fair for them to use violence, but I told them no matter what we can't use violence. The goal was not to defeat or humiliate the opponent but rather to win him or her over to understanding new ways to create cooperation and community.
My house was on fire, but I won't stop until laws are changed for the blacks. Being bombed doesn't really make me weak. It just makes whites feel more happy of seeing our sad faces so we can stop the protest. I just hope to see the happy faces in blacks and white together.
Poetry 2 :D
Poetry 2
A hero
who lead,
spoke.
A man with
great courage,
and wise.
A coach
and believer,
peacemaker and
preacher,
and equal were all in his eyes.
Timeline
Timeline
- January 15, 1929- King was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
- February 25, 1948- King became a Baptist Minister.
- June 21, 1948- King graduated from Morehouse College.
- June 18, 1953- King married Coretta Scott.
- October 13, 1954- King became a pastor of a Baptist church in Montgomery Alabama.
- June 5, 1955- King received his PhD from Boston University.
- December 1, 1955- King became a leader of Montgomery bus boycott, which helped end the separation of blacks and whites on buses.
- August 28, 1963- King led the March on Washington and gave his "I have a dream" speech. Almost 250,000 people listened to his speech in the nation's capital.
- December 10, 1964- King received the Nobel Peace Prize for his work.
- March 21, 1965- King led thousands of protesters 50 miles from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
- April 4, 1968- King was assassinated.
Letter to King
Dear M.L.K.,
I am a student from Hong Kong, I've learned about you in PRS lessons. We have discussed about how you were an inspirational leader to a lot of people or how unfair the laws were to black people.
One day, Rosa Parks was arrested because of not giving up her seat to a white person in the bus. Then you held a non-violent protest for the black people. Police used dogs to attack you people, but you still didn't give up. The boycott continued for 381 days. All of you got hurt and bullied in public. Segregation separated you all.
Not allowed to go to parks, and other things. Black people didn't take public transport anymore. After the boycott, the law has changed. You had your house on fire though during the boycott, which could have killed your family.
If it weren't for you and Parks braveness, people would be bullied, beat up... Laws were changed. Your protest was no harm, but white people are the harm. I don't really understand why people are so racist that they have to make up this segregation law. Like colour doesn't matter. We're all equal.
Sincerely ,
Melody Lo
Poetry :3
Poetry
Today is a day we all sing
In honor of Martin Luther King
Wherever people fight to be free
His name is remembered with dignity
When black people are treated right
He stood strong to lead the fight
He fought with love, not guns or darts
He changed people's minds and their hearts
But some people didn't like his words
He was taken away, to a better world
Yet his dreams lives on, that all can be free
When we knock down the walls between you and me
Martin Luther King's life did not last
But his dream and his spirit are free at last.
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