Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Citizen King

As the country turned it attention to the inauguration of Barack Obama, ABLE students pay some respect to the legacy and memory of the last person of African descent that inspired America to hope anew: Dr. Martin Luther King, jr. Students were asked a simple question: when you think of Dr. King what are the thoughts and ideas that come to mind? Using their own words, students then created a (non) poem that captured King's memory and legacy. Below are a sample of what students wrote The (non) poems together are entitled "Citizen KIng".

Non-violence,
Peace,
Justice, Freedom
Think Why
Change
Do Something
Life

Kheilah Short


Think:
Freedom
Dream
Speech
Think:
Blacks
Whites
Think
Think
Trust

Ayanna Coard


Think Change
Man
Towards history
Everyone thinking
Loved
Cared
Perserverance

Ashton L. Sauders and James Stewart

Think freedom
Peace
Equailty
Think enemies
Think everybody
Coming together
Staying apart
Think everybody
Judged
Same color

Andre Johnson

6 comments:

  1. I thought the first poem or text was meadiocore. While the second one sounded a bit more intresting

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  2. i think all these poems are good in a way and they are some very thoughtful poems

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  3. My reaction on this Passage is that i agree with all the students and the words they choose.

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  4. Think:
    peace,hope
    need change
    do something
    to make
    a change

    --->Kennisha

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  5. I think all these students have a certain inspiration in which they know the importance of their words.

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  6. I liked the 2rd poem b/c Dr.MLKjr. thought in a different way.

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