LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A number of members of a historic Black sorority spent Friday morning studying to kids at colleges throughout Clark County, within the hopes of educating them Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy.
In a single second grade classroom at Mathis Elementary College, kids sat on the ground in rows wanting to be taught of the famed civil rights chief and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Studying to the scholars had been members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Included, which was based in 1908. The sorority was a part of the Theta Theta Omega Chapter.
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“‘I have a dream that no one will be poor said James.’ These sounds like good dreams don’t they?” Dr. Constance Brown, a doctor, mentioned.
Brown was one of many readers.
“Just seeing the children and how they participate, it’s just a wonderful feeling,” Brown mentioned. “My legacy is serving all my mankind and in that way all mankind will benefit.”
The youngsters had been learn a guide about Martin Luther King Jr.
“‘Dr. King was a great leader because he had great dreams,'” Valerie Lucas, a sorority member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, mentioned.
Valerie Lucas, a sorority member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, reads to kids at Mathis Elementary College on Friday. (KLAS)
King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis. Lucas mentioned they’re passing alongside his values and rules to a different era.
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“It’s very unsettling that he was killed in the manner that he was. But I look back and if it wasn’t for him, bringing those messages forward, we don’t know what the world would be at this point today,” Lucas mentioned.
The children at Mathis Elementary had been inquisitive.
“I want to know what’s your dream?” a scholar requested Lucas.
In gentle of King’s well-known ‘I’ve a dream’ speech, the scholars acknowledged their desires.
Valerie Lucas, a sorority member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, reads to kids at Mathis Elementary College on Friday. (KLAS)
“My dream is to nobody kill other people,” a toddler mentioned.
Lucas responded, “No one should kill anybody else. I absolutely agree with you.”
The combination of youngsters within the lecture rooms very a lot represented King’s legacy.
Alexis Lewis volunteered with the sorority to learn to the kids, and she or he described what King meant to her.
“The world in its entirety is facing a lot right now but just making sure we come together as a community to support one another,” Lewis mentioned.
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