BUTTE — At West Elementary College in Butte, college students spent the day studying about Martin Luther King Jr.
“Dr. King’s legacy lives with all of us, his instance stands as a glowing gentle for us to comply with and it’s to the mountain prime of idealism and of hope for justice,” Montana Tech scholar volunteer Joshua Nelson learn to the category.
Nelson and Butte Chief Government J.P. Gallagher visited the first-grade class on Martin Luther King Day to learn to the category and do a category venture on the legacy of the civil rights chief who would have been 94 years outdated.
The scholars have been taught how Martin Luther King made the world a greater place. They then wrote down methods they want to make the world a greater place.
“Take out the rubbish,” mentioned scholar Aubriana Vanmeter.
“I want that folks by no means battle,” mentioned scholar Equipment Reeves.
Montana Tech scholar Joshua Nelson has admired King’s message of peace and equality, so he was keen to show it to kids in Butte.
“Simply serving to move on his message to youthful, you recognize, mainly sponges of minds, I actually take pleasure in as a result of he had actually nice beliefs,” mentioned Nelson.
Although King’s life ended early, his legacy continues to be carried on at this time.
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“That Martin Luther Jr. King continues to be alive,” mentioned scholar Colter Allmendinger. “As a result of if stuff was nonetheless unhealthy that he might change that,” he mentioned.