If Martin Luther King, Jr. was alive today and you could write him a letter, what would you say?
What questions would you ask him?
What would you tell him about your own life?
How would you thank him?
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Ms. Scarborough's Class
Dear Martin Luther King
ReplyDeleteYou are the best person I know. If it wasn't for you I wouldn't be in the classroom with my teacher. I have a question for you Mr King why didn't you use violence back, also look at the things that you did, if it wasn't for you black and white children would not be in the same school. I have something to tell you I wish I can buy you a car for you and your family. Mr. King you are very brave, when I grow up I want to be just like you.
Dear Dr Martin Luther King Jr,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your persistence during the civil rights movement you never gave up. What you did is definitely appreciated on my behalf. I have a few questions for you: What was it like to lead the March on Washington in Washington D.C. and organize the Montgomery bus boycott? Was it challenging to have to deal with insults and threats? My dad said when he was in the military, a lot of people insulted him and tried to provoke him, but he was calm. I'm guessing it wasn't easy to live in a world of segregation. What was it like to be imprisoned so many times? My life today wouldn't be the same if you didn't fight for equality, I wouldn't have half the friends I already do if my school was segregated and if you never fought for equality. Once again I thank you for fighting for equality.
Sincerely,
Kameron James, Age 9
4th Grade.
dear mlk
ReplyDeletei wish you were stiil to help kids that are being judeg how they look and take care of the segeration and i wish you could come to my class room so i could ask you what was it like in your city so i could know what your life was about and when i am older i will still love my teacher.
Dear, mr. king if you were alive i would say that you made a great progress in the past for fighting for our civil rights but not having a gory fight but with peace and words you made our country more optimistic and for taking apart segregation and said what our we going to do about our world? so honestly if you where alive you will always be my HERO AMAN.
ReplyDeleteDear Dr. Martin Luther King
ReplyDeleteOne time we had this boy that came from a different country and spoke differentlyand he tried fitting in but most of the boys would ignore him. My friends and I felt really sad for him. We decided that we should talk to him and play with him, he was so happy and so were we to see how well we all got along. I thank you for teaching us that it doesn't matter where you came from or how you look everyone should be treated equally with love and respect! I ask myself if you we're still alive would this world be the way it is now? I think it probably would've been even a better world full of love and peace!
Dear Martin Luther King, Jr.:
ReplyDeleteMy name is Lucas and I am in the fourth grade. Thank you for all the great things you did to fight racism. I wouldn't have most of my friends if it wasn't for your persistence. I think that the man who shot you was mean and it wasn't right to do that. What was it like to be a great civil rights leader? What was it like to organize the Montgomery Boycott? How did you take insults and threats? What was it like to have everything segregated?
I think that you are right, people should not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Sincerely,
Lucas Braiman
Dear Dr.King,
ReplyDeleteWas it scary when you were protesting and the police officers were trying to beat you? Also Dr. King there is a new movie about the March you set up from Montgomery, Alabama to Selma Alabama over the Edmond Pettis bridge. Another question I have is did you ever doubt any of your protests. I give you credit Dr. King for being resilient after all the lives you lost from protests because some people in protests got shot or beat to death by the police. Thank you Dr. King for ending segregation because if you didn't I would not have friends like Charlie,Cedric and Sam and a teacher like Me. Scarborough.
Respectfully, Kofi
Dear Martin Luther King Jr,
ReplyDeleteI cant imagine how the world would be if you didn't be so brave to speak up and tell the world what is right, and that black people should have just the right amount of rights then white people, and that you should not be judge by the color of your skin, but by your personality. I want you to know that TODAY we honor all of the things you did, like speaking up, KNOWING that you are risking your life doing that. Thank you for giving everyone rights and showing that we should all be treated equally. My first question is, when did MLK say his I Have A Dream Speech? My other question is, when did MLK receive his noble peace prize?
Sincerely,
Shayma Shkais Age 9
I AM SO AWESOME!
DeleteDear Martin Luther King Jr,
ReplyDeleteThank you for all your hard work and being an amazing good person. There is still some racism and bad things in the world but you helped a lot. James Earl Ray was a horrible person for killing you, he didn't understand your dream. Without you i might not have been born and i wouldn't have a lot of my friends. How hard was it to get everyone's attention to change the law so that there would be equal rights for everyone? I saw a movie about you and learned so many more great things about you, I cried very hard. Because of your wife Coretta Scott King we now have a holiday in honor of you and your great deeds.
Sincerely,
Graciela
Dear Dr. King,
ReplyDeleteI really admire you and the way you worked. I love the way you lead the Civil Rights Movement (peace and non-violence). I live in NYC and I also believe that people
should not be treated by the way they look, but by the way they act and treat others. I was wondering what it was like to be segregated and to lead people to de-segregation. I love the way you stay calm even when other people wanted segregation and tried to stop you. I also like the way you fought for what was right. Thank you for making the world a better place and I wish you were here to see the world today; it is a better place now!
Respectfully yours,
Ayla Park, age 9
i am awesome
DeleteDear my hero,
ReplyDeleteYou have done a lot for everyone. I wrote this letter because your my role model, you had a dream and you stuck to it and not only you made your dream come true but you also made a difference. I know that your not president or mayor but your a hero not only my hero , your everybody's hero. you gave people a chance to life a better life and gave me a chance to be friends with kids that are not my color. When I grow up I want to have a dream and to make a difference.
You have reminded me how I got here and why I have this great life. Because of you and the people who were helping you. You are a great role model for me and that makes me think there is no one like you.
Dear Martin Luther King Jr
ReplyDeleteYour "I have a Dream" speech was really, really good if you hadn't done that speech the black people in my school (PS 261) would be somewhere else in a black school. I actually have a lot of black friends for example Lyrics,Adrienne,Abebach,and Jahvarie and Saniyah Abby Jahvarie and Saniyah are in 4th grade while Lyrics and Adrienne are in 5th grade. It's a shame that mean white person killed you while you were in a hotel on a vacation but at least your children and wife forgave him. One more thing I'am a nice white girl who's respectful to black people especially my black friends.
- Sincerly Olivia Damy 1/22/15
Dear Dr. King,
ReplyDeleteThank you for ending segregation because I wouldn't have half the friends I have now. The man who killed you just does not know how great you are. To do this he must be so crazy to kill you and thank you for ending segregation. I wouldn't have a grandpa and some of the other people in my family. Also when you marched did you cry when you saw people die.
Dear Dr. King,
ReplyDeleteThank you for being so brave at the Washington Memorial, making history in front of that stage. How did it feel to be on the stage, talking in front of 25,000 people? If it weren't for you then I might not get to go to school with 3 of my best friends. If i lived before you, I would sit in the back of the bus and protest silently and offer my seat in the front of the bus to a black person if they weren’t already protesting. I still agree with you that racism is wrong. If I were you, I would never have the courage to go up on stage and talk. My uncle is gay and you stood up for equal rights for everyone.
Sincerely,
Charlie Blaker
Age 9 1/2
OMG. Sometimes I just can't imagine that there were people as brave and self-motivatied as you out in the world! My name is Amanda Kaas, I'm 9 about to turn 10, and you have always been one of my role models. I've always wanted more than anything to be able to have the bravery to stand up to people and state what you believe that is why the world will never forget you, MLK.
ReplyDeleteDear Martin Luther King Jr.,
ReplyDeleteI think it was a very good idea about stopping segregation. Also I think how it was so sad on how you died in Tennessee. Also I wanted to tell you something. Were you always scared when you talked in front of the people when you were going to make a speech? How did you feel when you were a kid? When you were a kid, did you feel that the schools were bad or did you think when you were a kid that schools were good? How old were you when you left college? Were you in your 20s or 10s?
Dear Dr. King—
ReplyDeleteYou are a very powerful person with a proud but sad past. The people of our time look up to you and have empathy for the problems that you have faced. There are still problems left in the world. You taught many us lessons—like how to forgive—but not all of them are used today. Thank you for all of the things you have done for our country. How did you find the courage to stand up to all of that hatred? Did you ever feel like you were alone? We wish you were still alive to move people in the same way that you did for civil rights. Every year we celebrate your birthday with services, marches, posters, and tributes. You didn’t care about medals though, you cared about people’s rights.
Sincerely,
May
Dear Martin Luther King Jr.
ReplyDeleteI am Anna and I am turning ten years old. How did you not give up after you went to prison a few times? When did segregation start? Who started segregation and why? I am really thankful of what you did because you made a big place change. You made it better then it was before. I remember some of your quotes for example "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin,but by the content of their character". Another quote is "hate cannot drive out hate only,love can do that". The last quote I know is " love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend ". Some kids don't play with others because of their skin. I don't like when some kids don't like others because of how they look. Then sometimes they believe that they can't do things. I believe that everyone is equal and there is nothing different between all of us,just our skin.
Love,
Anna Gabisonia ��
Dear Dr. King,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Luke Corless. I am a good kid. I learned a lot about you. It is amazing all the great things you did throughout your life. However you might have changed American, there are still some problems. There is still racism and sexism. I know there will be someone like you who will stand up and help solve those problems peacefully. I wonder when you gave your speeches, did you know you were doing something great? Thank you for ending segregation. If it wasn't for youx my class would not be together. I wouldn't have half the friends I do now. My parents wouldn't be together and my sister and I wouldn't be born. Dr. King, you did some great things. Thank You.
Luke Corless P.S. 261
4-317
Dear Mr. King
ReplyDeleteYou really inspire me. If you haven't done all this I wouldn't have all the great friends I have now. There is still some segregation going on but you've done enough to make me proud. My dad and I were going to go to bed but then we heard some shouting and we thought it would stop but it didn't. We had to go tell the doorman and I was scared. But at least it is much better now thanks to you. By the way what was it like back then? It must have been really hard for you getting a white friend then having him get separated from you and having the whites have a lot more rights. I am a white but I am on your side. I am glad for all you have done to change this world in a good way. You put it out there that we are all equal and I am proud. Thank you for all you've done for us. You are my hero.
Sincerely Zoe Bartsch, age 10
4th grade
Dear Dr. King,
ReplyDeleteI am age 9 and if it weren't for you I wouldn't have half the friends I have now. I wouldn't have my wonderful teacher Ms. Scarborough and if it weren't for you white and black kids would not be in the same school or class. In honor of you I wrote a poem.
Oh Freedom, The sweet taste of Freedom,
Each time I think of you and how kind you are and how brave you are.
When I grow up I want to be exactly like you, brave and kind.
Nice not violent.
You Dr. King, you will always be in my heart.
Dr. King, I hope you like my poem. I wonder what it is like being you. You have the braveness of standing up for what you believe in. I maybe will never be as brave as you. You stand up for what is right and just. We will walk to Borough Hall in your memory standing together black and white laughing and talking. Today we talk about how you help us all of different colors.
Love,
Jahavarie
Dear Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
ReplyDeleteI've learned so much about you. I learned that you were born in Atlanta, Georgia and your real name is Michael King, also that your dad's name is Luther. You got hate mail with death threats. You said if you protest with courage and dignity and christian love you shall win. Thank you for everything you did to stop racism and segregation because if you didn't I wouldn't know my best friends. I wouldn't even be in the same school as them. Plus I wouldn't be in my class with my beautiful teacher Ms. Scarborough if it weren't for what you have accomplished on segregation.
Sincerely,
Saniyah
Dear Dr. King,
ReplyDeleteHello. My name is Sam Cavallero, born 47 years and ten days after you were shot. I do not yet know what if feels like to be you, do what you did, think like you. You are an amazing man. Nobody at that time or now could do what you did.
Sincerely,
Sam
Dear Dr. Martin Luther King,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Olivia. I am crazy and sometimes a little too crazy. I am humorous, I love history, am good at math, sometimes I intend to talk too much, and I wish I could change the world just like you did. Thank you for everything you did if it weren't for you I wouldn't have a third of my friends I have now. You did alot, but I wish you were still here. I hate seeing everyone fight, it breaks my heart. Some kids are being mean to other kids about how they look too. Two years ago there was a disabled fifth grader and a lot of kids were teasing him and pushing him around, I just don't get why people are mean to people because of things they can't control. My cousin can't talk, walk, eat without someone blending her food up, and she can only see sometimes. At times I wish she could do all the things a regular teenager can do and play with me. I get so sad and broken down whenever I see her, it's like I think she'll be different the next time I see her, also when I remember that this was the doctors fault my body starts to boil up with anger. Once again thank you for everything, you changed the world for me and my friends. How did you get the courage to protest for equal rights? We're you scared? Did you ever feel like you wanted to give up?
Sincerely,
Olivia L