The Day They Shot Martin Luther King

The Day They Shot

Martin Luther King

I was a new teacher in East New York.in an elementary school.rough neighborhood when the news of his death became known in the streets rioting began. We had heard that a white boy in the high school 4 blocks away had been knifed and killed in the bathroom. The mob was gathered around our school after the kids had gone home.

 We were inside all of us white;all …of us scared for our lives.What was our crime?It didn’t matter because a sacrificial lamb had to be slaughtered..so to speak..for the death af their savior.a great humanitarian. We were hostages and not until many hours after dark did we get the news that Sonny Carson was outside asking all to desist and go home.He was the head of CORE and he saved our asses that fatefull day.