Part A:

I really didn't know what to expect when I first heard this or what I was getting into. I live with my
parents, I'm in school and things aren't perfefct in the world.... But they aren't anything like this. I wake
up everymorning and have breakfastr before going to school to interact with my friends of all
backgrounds. There is still injustice but there's also trust adn companionship that nevber happened in
the time this man was alive. I wish I could talk to him and tell him that I want a better world too. I wish I
could make a difference for him like he has done for me and my friends. We take everything we have for
granted so much because we have this idea that nothing is temporary... But we all are. We are here for
such a short time and I think it is so pitiful that people existed and used their small amount of time here
to cause pain and hate. I hate that this man had to write this letter in the first place but I am SO
THANKFUL someone as kind and gentle as he was did. Because the world still needs to hear these words
today.

Part B: Ashton HAS TO DO THIS PLEASE

Part C:

1. Injuustice anywehere is a threat to justice everywhere means that as long as we accept some
injustices, we will never be able to completely see it go away. If we want injustice to go away, you can't
tolerate any of it. It's all or nothing.

2. Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor ; it must be demanded by the opressed means
that those who opress others are fine witht heir actions and will not change anything until those they
oppress demand a change.

3. Justice too long delayed is justyice denied means that there comes a time when delayed justice is
more than that. It means that this mans people were hurt and taken advantage for so long, it's almost
like we will never be able to make up for all the wrong that happens... But we should always TRY.

Part D:

1. Miz Rosa Rides The Bus by Angelina Jackson

America by Simon and Garfunkel

One Love by Ellie Varmer

3. Mr. King

I'm sorry

For the things

White people

Did to you
And your people

I wish I could

Go back in time

And march

With you

I wish I could

Take your hurt

And your pain

And throw

It away

I can't

And it

Haunts me

But I can

Live my life

In service

Of what you

Taught us

And hope

For a better

Tomorrow

Part E:

I think that it ia sad that Martin Luther King Jr felt strongly enough to have to write this letter in the first
place. I hate that there was so much racial injustice that he was thrown in jail for speaking about
something that is so important and should have been in place since this contry began. This man just
wanted respect and equality for his poeple. He wanted to see his world as a place that included
everyone for good reason. He just followed the cries of those who felt racial injustice the most... Tried to
respond to them with answers of a better tomorrow that promised love and patience they had never
seen before by people who decided they were less than people because of the color of their skin. I don't
understand how a group of people could put so much time and effort into hating people so much that
they forgot that the people they were putting down are somehow less human for the color of their skin. I
am not ashamed of the color of my skin, but I am ashamed of how some of the people with the same
color of my skin have acted. We are all brothers and sisters, we share DNA and have such a huge capacity
for love and understanding. This man, who had been beated, discriminated and torn down and all he
wanted was peace and understanding. He fought a battle his people all lost for the hope that he would
be able to make a difference enough to cause a change. He fought injustice with kindness and voilence
with understanding. He was a father, a son, a brother, a pastor, a man. He wanted a better world for his
children and he didn't let people tell him that that fight was wrong, but that didn't stop poeple from
telling him it was. Marches, in this time of history, were so important. He was so intelligent and gentle,
seemingly unafraid of the earnest desire he had to make the world a better place. His voice is so steady
as he reads this letter, strong and easy to listen to. He had a way with words that moved you enough to
listen. This letter he read honestly made me feel so manyu strong emotions, I'm not sure if I'm amazed
or disgusted, buit I think it's safe to say I feel both. I'm amazed that he had such a strong affinity for
kindness that he pushed through all the disgusting backlash and did so out of love. I am disgusted
because this rhetoric still exists years later and people still feel compelled to hurt someone due to the
color of their skin.