MLK Day

 

[VIDEO] Allow me to share Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I have a dream speech from August 1963 to celebrate this holiday. I hope his words will continue to reign true for a long time to come even in these uncertain times.

I didn't always appreciate this holiday when I was in school. Perhaps many students knew who MLK Jr was, though not always thought much about his impact. For me I was always happy to get a day off from school and many others too surely.

I hope you had a very restful or reflective day on this holiday.

CPS Students Traveling To Memphis #MLK50 #HarlanFalcons

[VIDEO] I'm sorry I missed this from last month. A group of CPS students from three high schools including Harlan (Go Falcons) & Hirsch High Schools observed the 50th anniversary of Dr. King's assassination paying a visit to Memphis, Tennessee. Dr. Martin Luther King on April 3, 1968 died at the Lorraine Hotel which is now the National Civil Rights museum.

These students will also visit four historically Black colleges where according to Harlan Principal Ramona Outlaw:

“There’s a nurturing that goes on at those campuses that is indeed unmatched. The students, I want them to feel like they’ve come home and that place that they will call home for the next four years is something that they will be proud of.”

I sincerely hope these young people soak in the importance of that journey from last month.