MLK Day 2017

   Today in community time we had an assembly to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and Peggy Wallace Kennedy as guest speaker. Mrs. Kennedy is the daughter of former Alabama governor George Wallace. George Wallace gave the well known speech about segregation in which  he said, "Segregation today, Segregation tomorrow, Segregation forever." The scripted speech Mrs. Kennedy gave was presented and sounded just like the speeches in history. This gave me the feel of how she grew up listening to her dad. The biggest thing I learned on today is that people aren't born racist but are taught it.  When Mr. Wallace first started running for Governor use to eat lunch with blacks and invite them into his office. He ran against segregation and lost but when he ran for segregation he won. Even with her dad been a leader of segregation Mrs. Wallace was not a racist. She even admired Dr. King, she held hands with Bernice King on the capital to accomplish Dr. King's, I Have a Dream Speech.