2007-01-15 06:02:00 · 4 answers · asked by Curious in CT 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
alludes to the famous I have a dream speech, where he wishes for racial harmony.
"... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
..."
Pretty powerful stuff, even if he doesn't truly deserve his own holiday...
2007-01-15 06:15:39 · answer #1 · answered by deepseaofblankets 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back when Martin Luther King hadn't made a change yet, kids of multiple races could not play with each other. The kids symbolize that race is not an issue anymore.
2007-01-15 06:09:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
african american kids and white kids are jumping rope TOGETHER, like MLK wanted
2007-01-15 06:09:35 · answer #3 · answered by ttlycrazy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you'll look closely, it's children of all races.
2007-01-15 06:09:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋