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MLK Day Resonates In Lacoochee
Posted Jan 18, 2010 by Geoff Fox
Updated Jan 18, 2010 at 05:01 PM
I was at the Boys & Girls Club of Lacoochee earlier today, where a group of Saint Leo University students helped many of the club’s young members clean up the blighted community’s landmark.
While I was there with photographer Andy Jones, club leader McNair Charles directed the children, as they cleaned closets, organized shelves and swept floors. With dozens of people to look after, Charles stayed busy the entire time. He said he had talked to the children, many of them black, about King before the day’s work began.
After about an hour, Andy and I were done. For all Charles knew, we had already left. He seated the children indoors and began a roundtable discussion.
“When you go to school, take advantage of your education,” he said. “When you meet someone of a different race, don’t treat them differently. We can all come together as one.”
“Like a family?” asked a girl.
“Yes, like a family,” he said. “We’re all going to disagree sometimes, but violence and physical abuse – we don’t need that. We don’t have to fight. We can come to common ground. Each day, think about it.”
He spoke the words not knowing a reporter was writing them down. They were genuine.
And the children were silent as he spoke. They listened.
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Por (Olive Walker) on January 18, 2010 (Suggest removal)
YES!! I love this!
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