In keeping with St. Michael School’s current theme of peace, students attended a performance on Martin Luther King Jr. given by Historical Perspectives for Children. The one man show was a partial re-enactment of King’s life. The performance focused on how the black community during King’s time was able to create change through peaceful demonstrations despite the hatred that they were shown. The following summary was filed by seventh grader Makenzie Garza.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a preacher, just like his father and grandfather. He was born on January 15, 1929. King experienced how mean whites were to the blacks. For example, one day King wanted to play with his friend. When he got to his friend’s house, he knocked on the door and the mom answered. She said he wasn’t home, but King saw his friend, and the mom said he can’t play ever. King’s family always went to church and even when they weren’t in choir, they had to sing as loud and proud as they could. When African-Americans were on the bus minding their own business, they would always have to get up and stand for a white person. That was a law during those days. King enrolled in college, he was the top student in his school. Then, he had a dream. After he had the dream, Rosa Parks got arrested for not moving for a white person on the bus. Parks went to court, and was convicted and given a fine. King then organized a boycott with all the other blacks against going on the bus. The community united and every morning for 13 months, they car pooled or walked to wherever they needed to go. The bus’ had to change the rules, or loose their business.