Martin Luther King Jr. holiday’s influence in the classroom

– The Charlotte community is remembering the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. through their own acts of service.

Actress Octavia Spencer speaks during an event celebrating the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.at the Riverside Church in New York, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016. He said King moved into an apartment on the city’s west side 50 years ago and described seeing “a daily battle against depression and hopelessness”, as babies were attacked by rats, and children wore clothes too thin to protect against the Midwest winter. Adams says, “This is an academic bowl where we invite high school students to get a little taste of the academic competition that Paine College students are involved in with HBCU teams all across the country”. “Economic opportunity and affordable housing are two main issues especially for people of color in the communities here in Austin”.

“I have a right to vote”, said L. Micah O. Dexter, II, President of the Syracuse Southern Christian Leadership Conference. They had singing, dancing, and more as they celebrated the civil rights leader.

“It was really Coretta that made me the accidental driver”.

A group of performers from Milwaukee’s Bronzeville Arts Ensemble combined excerpts from some of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches with song and dance. But I think days like today kind of remind everybody that we are all one big community.

In addition to the service, hundreds of people are also expected to show up at the tomb of Dr. King and his wife Coretta. Haynie said he wanted to make a difference and be a pastor like King, leading to him starting a ministry in Chico’s Chapman neighborhood in 1998.

“We look back at 1966 as a year of beginnings and of transition”, King later wrote.

“We want to tell the kids how privileged they are to live in a day and age where schools aren’t segregated”, Chris Lowry, attendee, said.

“It’s helped us all become stronger, because we all had to stand together and be one to fight it and get to where we are today”, said Arielle Wood.

“That this day was an important day and somebody very important passed away for what he believed in, he had a dream”, said Julius Lopez, 11th grade.