Stirring words from young people in grades 2 through 12. //end headline wrapper ?>The six winners attend schools throughout southeastern Wisconsin. Photos courtesy of individual students.
Editor’s note: For the 38
th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Writing Contest, students throughout southeastern Wisconsin responded to the theme, “Keep Moving Forward,” from King’s address, “Keep Moving the Mountain” given at Spelman College in Atlanta on April 10, 1960.
Here, we’ve collected essays from the six age category winners. The writing contest is sponsored by the Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Virtual Celebration,
th grade at Salam School.