R aven Parker squeezes her eyes tight trying to remember her lesson on Martin Luther King Jr. Her hair is pulled into neat braids, and she is wearing pink. Raven considers her words carefully, for she knows the import, even if she doesn?t know the whole story.
?What I know about Dr. King,? says Raven, 9. Then she pauses, as if she were standing on a stage. She clasps her hands, and the words come tumbling out:
?I would say: Martin, please help me. I would not like to be treated this way. You should not have gotten disrespected. You fought over rights, and I am happy you saved our lives. You stood up for yourself. You took all the pain inside and threw it back, not letting go of any of your thoughts inside. You got treated badly and shouldn?t have. You fought for our equal rights and never gave up. God knew that segregation was wrong, so did you. That?s when you stopped segregation and racism.?
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