Sunday 14 December 2014

If I were to meet Martin Luther King Jr. today what would I say to him?

This depends to a great degree on what your own interests are.  However, I would think that you would talk to Dr. King about issues that have to do with his work.  You could ask him about his own time in history or you could ask him about his views on issues having to do with our own times.  Here are some examples of things you could ask him about:


From his own time:


This depends to a great degree on what your own interests are.  However, I would think that you would talk to Dr. King about issues that have to do with his work.  You could ask him about his own time in history or you could ask him about his views on issues having to do with our own times.  Here are some examples of things you could ask him about:


From his own time:


  • If you hadn’t died, what do you think you would have worked on next?

  • Which of your accomplishments were you proudest of?

  • What was the biggest obstacle to achieving your goals?

From our times:


  • Are you surprised at the fact that we have a president who is part African-American so soon in our history?

  • What do you think about the Black Lives Matter movement? 

  • What would you try to fight for or against if you were alive today?

  • Do you think that our society is more just on racial issues than society was in the 1960s?

All of these are questions that you might ask him.  Are there others you can think of on your own?

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