Dencia biography of martin luther king
Biography of martin luther king...
Dencia biography of martin luther king
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a reflection on sons, fathers, and daughters
My younger son, all of 3 years old, recently surprised me with his understanding of the Civil Rights Movement: “I know who Martin Luther King is!”
I smiled when he told me about how Dr.
King “got off the bus,” which was his interpretation of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. As with many watercolors, his interpretation of one of the 20th century’s most recognizable moments was messy, but beautiful.
Snuggling with him and his older brother on the couch, I asked them, “Do you want to see Dr.
King?” They nodded. I showed them an excerpt of one of Dr. King’s affirmations of Blackness.
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A moment with his boys reminds our columnist of how Dr. King was passed down to him.
“I can remember a particularly cold Atlanta morning as a preteen, when some of my friends from church and I hopped on a bus from Augusta and took the two-hour drive,” Ken Mak