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Last night I was sitting in my living room and a convoy of trucks drove by my home filled with law enforcement and National Guard troops.
That evening I heard my mother and grandmother scream: “They killed him! They killed him! They killed Martin Luther King, Jr.! They killed my Martin!” That was the very moment I lost my innocence and I went from being a young boy to being a young man. I immediately became a child of war.
I became fascinated with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The more I read about him, the more I wanted to learn. He was a prophet, he was the greatest American who ever lived. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is the only private citizen to have his birthday celebrated as a national holiday, and helped changed the world by the age of 39 with his teachings and brilliant mind.
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