Dr. King means freedom to me because I
am free to go places and do things that
were closed to African-Americans like me. I get to play
and hang out with my friends of
different races. Freedom comes with
responsibility. I am responsible and I do
the right things that I'm supposed to
in class or out in public. I honor Dr.
King and my parents by being
respectful and a model of peace. Before
Dr. King and the Voting Rights Act many
obstacles were in the way
of African-Americans voting for our
government leaders. When I am 18 I plan
to vote. Dr. King raised awareness of
racism. Many people heard Dr. King and
tried to help stop racism, the fact
that African-Americans get get to go to
school with me is awesome.
Because of Dr. King and my
family, I have faith in myself. I know
that I can do anything even things that
seem hard. Dr. King means goals, inspiration,
dreams, leadership and faith to me.
Martin Luther King means courage to me because
he had courage to stand up and fight for
everyone's righs. Some people bombed his
house and his kids were inside. Police
men put him in jail for nothing. Spit on
him like he was the ground. Martin Luther
king is a fighter. He believed in
non-violence and he made a change with
non-violence. He didn't end racism, but he started something. Dr. Martin
Luther King also represents peace to me
even in all the chaos and hatred being
thrown at him in the fight for civil
rights he still fought peacefully. He
said hate cannot drive out hate only
love can do that. He stayed peaceful and
caring for everyone. Even though Martin
Luther King could have fought back he
didn't. He stayed peaceful and that
motivates me not to give in to violence
no matter how hostile situations. I
bet he was scared but that did not
stop him. No, he standed up for what he
believed in, for what was right. If Dr.
King was not born, I probably would not
have met some of my dearest friends, like
Agem or my other friends. Some people
should not be judged by the color of
their skin. If people are being judged, they
should be judged by their character and
their actions. Dr. King means a lot to me. There is only one planet we can live on
and that planet is earth. So we have to
share it. Not everything is going to be
perfect but we can do lots of things to
make it better just like Dr. King made
it better for us. I think it is very
wrong to judge people by their color of
skin because everybody is the same. Also
because without Martin Luther King not
only our friends and our family but our
world would be a bad and horrible place.
I think everyone is the exact same from
head to toe and that you should give
everyone a chance. I'm very excited for
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, not just
because we won't have school but because I can think about how he
changed our world. Our world
has changed and grown because of him.
It doesn't matter that I am colored, or I look different. It's just
like don't judge a book by it's cover. Don't judge a person by their
outside. Don't even judge person at all. 
One of my favorite parts in the speeches
when he says one day little black boys
and little black girls will be able to
join hands with little white boys and
little white girls as sisters and
brothers. This affects me still today
because I have a lot of friends who have
different colors of skin.
