Although we don't officially celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day until Monday, we have been studying him in our classroom this week. Today is his birthday. Here are some things we learned about him.
We learned that when Martin was little he couldn't play with his white friend because there were Jim Crow laws that meant that black people couldn't play with white people.
When he was going home from a speech contest, Martin had to stand on the bus for 90 miles when white people were going to sit down in the bus.
When Martin was older, white people didn't like him speaking out, so they bombed his house in one night.
One day Rosa Parks had a very long day and sat down at the front of the bus and then some white people were going to sit down where she was sitting and the bus driver said "Get off of the seat." She refused. Then the bus driver said, "I will call the police if you don't get off right now." She said, "Go ahead and call them," and she went to jail.
The black people decided to boycott the buses in Montgomery. The boycott lasted for 381 days.
Martin gave a speech that was called, "I Have a Dream." It was said in Washinton D.C.
One day he went to Tennessee about a problem and after that he went out to the balcony of his hotel and got shot. His friend was beside him protecting him. He died one hour later in the hospital.
We honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. since that happened and he changed history forever.
Written by Nicole and Martin
4 comments:
You have been learning alot about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. More importantly, you practice each day accepting and loving one another in your class never thinking about their color or what they look like on the outside. I'm proud of you!
Hi Everyone, It was nice learning and writing about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and I hope nobody confuse Martin with Dr. King Jr.
I love our blog so far.
Nicki
Martin Luther King J. Was a great man some day I wold like to do something great like him.
Hey! Long time no see! Anyway, even if nobody in our clas is African-American, we can still learn about M.L.(Martin Luther)in all the books and projects there are in the world.
- MIRANDA:)
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