Spoke about King, classmates shunned me.
Kit Arnquist Longville, MN In 1968 I was a senior in high school. The day after Dr. King was assassinated, the principal asked if anyone...
Articulate, responsible; then color doesn’t matter
John H McKinney, TX King’s speech referred to the time when a man (actually he referred to his children) would be judged not by the...
Lily White, but not an Intolerant
Leslie Troyer, Sammamish, WA. I was raised in a very WASP’ish environment. There was very little opportunity to interact with people of color or alternative...
Race in America, what a mess.
Ellen Finch, San Jose, CA. My heart breaks for those with skin of the “wrong” color who are treated so poorly in so many ways....
Martin Luther King, Jr. Shot. Applause
Bruce H. Weik, Hot Springs, AR. I was attending Northern Illinois University. Everyone on dorm floor applauded. It was on my birthday, April 4, 1968....
Martin Luther King Jr. gives hope.
Marsha Leibson: entry of for a 4th grade student Submitted for a fourth grade student – Tatianna. She had learned about King Jr and Mandela.
I was not raised with predudice
Anita Cohen, Boca Raton, FL. I did not even know about prejudice until Martin Luther King was killed and I was in my best friend...
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...
AMERICAN DISGRACE: SLAVERY? GENOCIDE, AMERICAN INDIAN
John Austin, Park Hill, OK. We always seem to begin every discussion of race and race relations in America with some mention or reference to...
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...
Skyward Sprouting Despite American Cultural Miasma
Bomani Kyasa Detroit, MI We are Designed to Benefit from the Fruits of Our Own Labor. Anti-Life forces structure socio-economic conditions to to turn People...
Some black people are prejudiced too.
Carolyn Lynchburg, VA I have met more black people who hated other races and were very open with it, but maybe white people just don’t...
White Males discriminated against at work.
Mary Fruin, Charlotte, NC. I think that Rev . Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Dream is nowhere near being fulfilled when our big corporations are...
I am Mexican, Black, and American
My 6 word memoir is about my family because I am Mexican, but my cousins are black and Mexican. Most of my family is Mexican...
I Am Not a Horrible Person
Angela Crites, Riverside, CA. It is ridiculous that in today’s society, white people are automatically deemed as “racists” with “privilege,” and are incapable of really...
Race makes me think of Dr. King. “Race” scares people.
Elon Race Card Project, Isabella Cannon Room, Center for the Arts
