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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born 95 years ago Monday. Does a generation that was born 20 years after MLK Day became a national holiday appreciate the changes the Nobel Prize winner helped bring to the United States?
That was the question posed to students in the culinary arts program at Crossland High School in Prince George鈥檚 County, Maryland.
鈥淢y grandparents marched with him through the Civil Rights Movement,鈥� said senior Jennifer Davis. 鈥淚f I was in their shoes, I would be so happy. Dr. King achieved his goal, his dream came true.鈥�
Jonah Dillard, who is graduating this spring, spoke to King’s significance.
鈥淲e wouldn鈥檛 be where we are now,” Dillard said. “We wouldn’t have a chance to have this interview. I feel like I鈥檇 be talking to a different reporter. I鈥檇 be at a different school.鈥�
Ziona Robertson believes that King鈥檚 message motivates members of her generation to help bring change.
鈥淪till to this day, it gives people hope that they can start their own movements,” she said.
Nearly every student brought up Crossland High School鈥檚 diversity and credits the work of King and the Civil Rights Movement.
鈥淲e go to school with people that don鈥檛 look the same as us,” Dillard said. “We go to school with people of different colors, different races.”
Eleventh grader Jamadri Mathis spoke on the significance of King’s activism.
鈥淢y father is half-white and my mother is Black,” Mathis said. “I鈥檓 biracial. Doing what he did opened doors for me to be here today.鈥�
Senior Alahana White looked around the room and pointed out what she believes the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. means to her generation: 鈥淗ere we are now, in this world, where we are all equal.鈥�
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