Last Thursday, January 15, John Perkins spoke to the kids at the Spencer Perkins Center.
“Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?” Dr. Perkins asked.
“A civil rights leader,” “Jalesa, 5th grade, promptly answered. “He made the black and white people equal!” Omari, 7th grade, said. Jakaylah, 2nd grade, called out, “He preached in D.C. in churches and marched.” “And led boycotts,” Permelia, 5th grade, boldly stated.
As Dr. Perkins remembered Dr. King, he spoke from his heart about the fulfillment of a dream, King’s dream. Perkins believes there is no excuse now for African-Americans to fail.
“We’ve never had a place in this society where we weren’t second class citizens.” — until now. With the inauguration of Barack Obama, King’s dream was finally fulfilled.
“King had a dream. Obama is that dream.”
