I am Martin Luther King, Jr.| Children's Books Read Aloud

welcome to Jenny's business today's story is I am Martin Luther King jr. by Brad Meltzer illustrated by Christopher hello fellas I am Martin Luther King jr. when I was little I used to get into a lot of accident one day a little brother hit me in the head with a baseball bat two other times I mistakenly got knocked over by a car another day I stumbled over our banister then bounced through an open door into the basement well amazing saw you okay I'm okay no matter how many times I fell I kept getting back up even before I could read I knew I liked books my dad always talked about how I kept a lot of books around me I used to tell my parents hey I go up I'm gonna get me some big words there is a power in words big words were in my future when I was six years old one of my best friends was a Zbornak whose father owned the store across the street taggart know you're it no you're it yeah yeah my friend was flight I was black it didn't matter to us we will play games and have fun together but when we started going to school everything changed he went to a school where all the kids were white I went to a school where everyone was black soon after he told me I can't play with you anymore why my I said he doesn't want us being friends but why you wanted my best friend aren't you oh yeah I didn't understand it didn't make sense at dinner my parents explained it's because you're black and he's white I was so mad that day how could someone cheat me differently just because of the color of my skin I wanted to hate my friend in his fun but my parents told me to do the opposite that I should love my friend even though he hurt me they taught me that it's better to have more love in your life than more hate then my mother taught me one of the most important lessons of all you are as good as anyone you must never feel that you are less than anyone else I wanted to release it but every day I saw the opposite I saw you could be treated unfairly just because of the color of your skin if you were white you went to a good school with great playgrounds and plenty of books if you were black your school was small sometimes with no desk or even windows sit on a playground check in for your playground it wasn't just for school black people had to use different water fountain different elevators here in different backgrounds and sat on a hot day when everyone wanted ice cream if you were white you could sit at the counter and eat from a nice dish but since I was black just a third man at all it was through a side window and they put my ice cream in a flimsy paper cup and ice cream is thank this ice cream is melting it got even worse when I was 14 I had just won a speech competition my speech was about being fair to all people I was so excited then on the bus ride home a few white people got on board you need to give up your seats to the wax at first I stayed put it didn't seem fair but my teacher convinced me to move we set the rest of the ride standing and getting tossed in every direction it was that Amy's I asked everything every day this is what life was like black people were treated terribly the only question was what could I do about it at the age of 15 I started college by 19 our became a minister and entered seminary school to study religion for those years I read the works of had me David Thoreau and Mahatma Ghandi thrilled taught me about pure disobedience how an evil system contains its out violence God me opened my mind to the power of now I've eyelet resistance what's that love it's using love and peaceful methods contained unfair things in society it was a lesson I wanted to share with everyone and no time at all I got my chance and Alabama a black woman named Rosa Parks was told to give up her bus seat to a white man it was just like what happened to me but unlike me mrs. parks receive she was arrested early the next morning I got a phone call from a local community leader X time Big Bang we had boycott the budget so everyone knows that we won't accept this treatment anymore you know this not going to be easy do not ask if it's easy after it's right it was just like the road talk instead of using violence to protest the unfair rule black people would use a peaceful method we would not ride the public buses beside our money the bus companies would go out of business now the only question was would it work on the first day of the protest my wife called me to the window the buses are all empty it's working we had to keep it going at the head of the bus boycott I gave one of the most important features of my life the room was packed camera crews were filming I had only 20 minutes to prepare I didn't use notes but by speaking from my heart I found out how big words can be we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a machine when the history books are written in the future someone will have to say they lived a race of people a black people practice oil courage to stand up for their rights the police put me in jail saying I was breaking the law our folks bombed my house but instead of using my fists I kept my calm don't you want to fight that I'm a man of non-violence and I know I do not say it alone we are with you all the way Reverend the one robbed these buses will go out of business you're finally getting that huh for more than a full years every black person in the city and some white people too refuse to ride the buses that meant some people had to walk for miles but they kept going there was a power and standing together eventually our peaceful protests work the rules were changed public buses could no longer separate people based on the color of their skin that was only the beginning soon our peaceful protests sparked other peaceful protests as much countess college students organized plans where they would not stop until everyone could eat together our methods of non-violence were so powerful I was invited to meet with the president at the White House so sometimes the hardest problems were right at home daddy Burke and you can hike free can we go I'm sorry okay we camp here counting Nile men to black people seeing my daughter cry was one of the most painful moments of my life it only made me work harder for change was it easy absolutely not during one protest in Birmingham Alabama the police again arrested me and locked me in a dog jail filth that had only one window someone slipped me a newspaper in which white religious leaders had written an article calling us lawbreakers someone then snuck me a pen in that jail cell I wrote my own response in the margins of the newspaper and even on toilet papers my letter from Birmingham jail were soon published as a pastor then it was a magazines and newspapers today it has been read by millions of people like I said it is amazing how big words can be our message was so important even kids for your age joined us in Birmingham during the Children's Crusade more than 1,000 kids some as young as six years old showed up to Mars what do you want we are the first day the police arrested 900 of them the mutts very 2500 children soda ready to go to jail this was our finest hour enraged that we were not giving up the Chief of Police told the firemen to spray the children with water hoses and attack them with dogs they thought it would stop us but instead the whole country watched on TV what they were doing to our children it was a wake-up call for the nation's conscience how can they treat little kids like that that's not right we need to help them 90 days later the rules begin to change now blacks and whites and Birmingham we're using the same lights countless water fountains and restrooms you could feel it in the air more change was coming freedom was contagious by the summer of 1963 an estimated 1 million Americans tell their own protests in cities across the country a man named a Phillip Randolph suggested a massive March is remarks together peacefully they won't be able to ignore it together we can convince Congress and the President to pass laws that no one in a miracle can treat people differently based on the color of their skin unless the idea where should we have it there is only one place people came from almost every state they came in nearly every form of transportation they even took off work and did not get paid just to be these old people young people black people white people even children like you they all came to Washington DC gathering in a righteous army why because they wanted a change and they knew the surest way to change the world is to stand together I am happy Joe lucky day and what will go down in history as the great initiation rhythm in the history of our nation on august 28 1963 I stood at the podium and spoke what some later called my biggest words of all how to do that my soil changes for one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character I have a dream that one day little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls officers and brothers let me read every mountainside let me read after the march on Washington the President and Congress passed new laws for civil rights but that didn't mean our work was done indeed our greatest battle will still to come it began with 600 activists as they tried to walk 50 for a mile from Selma Alabama to the state capital of Montgomery back then there were rules that stop black people from voting if you wanted to change the laws you have to be able to vote for new people who make the law we're marching to tell the governor we want voter rights this brutality must it no matter what don't let them pass the police had billy clubs and tear gas they attacked our group and knocked many people down but as i learned so long ago you have to get back up no matter how hard they hit we remained peaceful still we didn't get through two days later we try it again now there were 2,500 of them we'll get to look them you know you all attention once again we tried once again we did not get through did we give up what do you think it was Sunday March 21 1965 our third try now we had 8,000 people with them we are on the moon we shall overcome for two days we marked rain could not stop the world was watching the White House was to President Johnson even said to to protect her check out the crown black white Christian Jewish all standing together exhaustion could not trap us as we reached Montgomery Alabama tears were shed but this time they were tears of joy in my life people try to tell me I wasn't as good as they were just because of the color of my skin when someone hurts you like that it can be tempting to hurt them back you must receive and someone shows you hate show them love when someone shows you violence show them kindness to reach our goals we must walk the path of peace we must lock arms with our brothers and sisters we must march together when we do our voices will be heard and freedom will ring remember fun town amusement park its doors eventually open to black people and dr. King got to take his daughter did you know that he was the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize at that time just 35 years old he donated the prize money to the civil rights movement he said that the prize was the work of many other unsung heroes he fought against poverty - there's even a national holiday for him the third Monday of every January only Washington and Lincoln get a day like that and they share theirs it's a day to remember how far we've come and how much more work there is to do I am Martin Luther King jr. I stand for peace I stand for justice I stand to help others I stand as proof that no matter how hard the struggle we must fight for what is right and work to change what is wrong but ever struggle you face no matter how hard it gets you must always move forward I am proof of this if we ride if we stand together if we remain united nothing can stop our dreams thank you for visiting rimu goodness to get more information for this first check the description box below and sure to thumbs up this video click the subscribe button for the latest videos on granny's book

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Length: 20min 11sec (1211 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 12 2017