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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (1929-1968)
Civil Rights Leader
"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to
think critically... Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true
education."
Submitted by: Mrs. Sumner
Mrs. Sumner's Fourth Grade
Sullivan Elementary
Missouri USA
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"If someone that is white is going to make fun of someone that is not the same
color as us, they should put themselves in that person's shoes. STOP and
THINK, then see how they would feel if someone else made fun of the color of
their skin."
Submitted by: Katie, Mrs. Sumner's class
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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
only
Light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate; only
Love can do that."
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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"If you lose hope,
somehow you lose the vitality
that keeps life moving,
you lose that courage to be,
that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all.
And so today I still have a dream."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
The favorite quotations listed above were submitted by
Mrs. Kean's Fourth Grade from St. James, Missouri. They had been studying
Civil Rights.
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