and are the schools teaching anything about him, as his day of remembrance is approaching?
2007-01-10 03:50:15 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I think the late Rev. King is the only African American activist they do talk about in schools unless you took a African American history or literature class. However they have diluted his legacy to this candy cutter human rights activist. He was so much more than that...
2007-01-10 03:57:05 · answer #1 · answered by nacobelove 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They give kids in my town the day off, and I can see why, but I think it would be better to have the kids come to school and spend the day talking about him and the best way to carry on his legacy of equality
2007-01-10 11:57:07 · answer #2 · answered by mutterhalls 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not much except that he was a black preacher with a dream and he was killed because of his fight for the blacks. They certainly do not teach about him in school anymore even though they get the day off.
2007-01-10 11:55:00 · answer #3 · answered by Starla_C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Know the schools aren't really teaching the kids about how important this man was and still is. And I find that to be really sad
2007-01-10 11:54:10 · answer #4 · answered by tlnay025 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The most interesting thing I read about him in a long time had to do with his trip to India. But that was for a college level course on nonviolent protest.
2007-01-10 11:55:30 · answer #5 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was truly a great man. Very humble, very non-violent.
He had a "plan" for the blacks. Too bad he was taken from us
so early.
Now the jackles have now taken over his agenda, but for their betterment (not the blacks betterment).
2007-01-10 12:04:21 · answer #6 · answered by Jack G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in the younger grades they do but by the time they get in older grades they figure people know about him because they got taught about it in the younger grades
2007-01-10 11:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by leena 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He created peanuts
2007-01-10 11:57:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋