Please Doctor King, do it peacefully.
Sister Kathleen Reilly, UAC, CSAC Union City, NJ The above summarizes my main prayer when the movement for racial equality got started. I think of...
Usually I’m ashamed to be white
Thomas Williamson, Cool Valley, MO Born the end of 1949, traveled throughout the country, changed schools every year, in D.C. when Dr. King was killed,...
Blacks beat me, I forgave them
Bob D, West Chester, PA It happened in the summer of ’68. I was alone at a concert at the city stadium in Glen Cove,...
MLK’s promissory note sent back….again.
Steffen Estrada Portland, OR I was 13 years old when I heard Dr. King’s August 1963 speech and it hit me like a brick. From...
Dr. King’s photo behind (a) folding door.
Judy Seymour Madison, WI I grew up upper class white outside New Haven, CT. ‘Bill’ and ‘JB’ cleaned my parents’ house for ‘Mrs. Seymour’, my...
’68, white in a black school.
Kevin C. Lawrence, Florence, NJ. Dad fought “fires” in ’68 Indy. Dr. King is my hero, too.
Progressives destroyed race relations in America.
Stacey Seattle, WA The Civil Rights movement was hijacked by progressives. Since that time, they have destroyed Dr. King’s “Dream”. The virtual enslavement of the...
Race makes me think of Dr. King. “Race” scares people.
Elon Race Card Project, Isabella Cannon Room, Center for the Arts
Dark Skins, Darker Lives, Ever Brightening
Maurice Baynard Philadelphia, PA I attempted to take a broad swipe that encompasses my own experiences, both good and bad, as a person of color...
Post racial society–dream not reality
Jennifer Woods, Okemos, MI. I am a 65 year old African American and am sick to death that in 2012 we are still, Still, STILL...
I was nine when he died
Elizabeth, USA. I was on the school playground when I heard that Dr King was shot. And my friend Candy’s dad was killed in Vietnam....
Racists Are Not Always Bad People
Michael Havis, Brooklyn, NY. I think the word racism no longer defines the conversation we should be having. The image of racism in America is...
There is only one race–human.
Patricia Callahan Augusta, ME In memory of S.C., my BFF and grandson of a slave. He passed away unexpectedly 6/10/13, a young, vibrant 83 year-old....
White, straight, male. New favorite target.
Chad Lariviere Crystal Lake, CT Dr. King spoke about his dream that one day, his children would live in a nation where they wouldn’t be...
I hate that there is hate!
Mark Babbitt Clayton, NC I was born in 1954 in Western Massachusetts. I was raised to be color-blind. I still remember a friend of my...
