5th Grader: ‘Let’s Let Peace Reign’

Danielle Sablan of Skyway Elementary School stood before an auditorium packed with fellow Coeur d’Alene fifth-graders Thursday morning and spoke of her dream of a world at peace. “Let’s reach our goals. It is time to act. It is time to change,” Sablan read from her essay, “Let’s Let Peace Reign.” “Why does the world think violence will solve anything?” she said. “Why? Let’s ask ourselves just that – why?” Her message mingled with similar themes of love, acceptance, understanding and equality at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. program for all fifth-grade students in the Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls school districts/ Scott Maben , SR. More here . (SR photo by Kathy Plonka: The Rev. Happy Watkins recites portions of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech)

Question: Have you read a book on the life of Martin Luther King Jr?