Children's Museum Commemorates Martin Luther King Jr., Day
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Fifty years have passed since Martin Luther King led a bloody march for freeedom in Selma, Alabama.
Generations later, he is commmerated in a film calloed "Selma."
Students from Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts shared their views on the annual "Streaming Live Justice" show, a special edition of the Saturday Light Brigade program broadcast from the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.
"These people are leading your future," says one, commenting on the importance of voting. "So you really have to know what they want to do, who they are, what their plans are."
The program is one of several events at the museum, commemorating the birthday of the slain civil rights leader.
"With this radio program, they can have people calling and listening and sharing everything," says Chanessa Schuler, multi-media director for the program. "So I think it's our responsibility to share that, because people need to know."
As the radio show continues, younger kids take turns at a different microphone, reciting a speech that helped change America: Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" oration.
"The students who do know about the movement, they're going to be the ones that create change and let other people know that they can create change," Chanessa Schuler adds. "They're going to be leaders."
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