Martin Luther King Day

Spiritual Formation Teacher Garrett standing in front of some heroes. Photos by Jin Yup Jung '14. Copyright Red Cloud Indian School.

Martin Luther King Day  

                                                           By Jin Yup Jung ‘14

Red Cloud High School had no school day on last Monday the 20th, not because of snow but to celebrate the life and accomplishments of Martin Luther King, who devoted his entire life to improve the lives of African Americans and all people.

Martin Luther King Jr. was well known as a civil rights activist. He has inspired a lot of people and spent all his life to end racial segregation in the United States. As most people know, his famous address was the I have a dream speech. He earned the Nobel Peace Prize.  

After Martin Luther King was assassinated, Martin Luther King day was created in 1986 in some states and became Martin Luther King day in all states in 2000.

“I felt great to have a day off to relax and remember him and all the great things he tried to do for different races, and it’s kind of getting better. Hopefully his wish/dream will come true and there will be no racism in the world in the future,” an alumni Tatiana Stands ‘13 said. “On Martin Luther King Day (MLK), I was doing the MLK challenge, which is like a day that you help and give back to the community like he wanted us to do. So what I did on MLK Day, I volunteered at the Ronald McDonald’s House and I helped them clean, sanitize the toys, and made sure everything was good.”

“I went to Eagle Butte with the basketball team because I’m a basketball manager and I watched basketball so I really didn’t do anything special for that day,” Shania Janis ‘15 said. “But I think it’s a great day to be celebrated because it celebrates victory of the Civil Rights movement that was fought for decades. Martin Luther King Jr is a strong person that helped bring people hope.”

Here is the video of MLK's most famous speech.