As Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday approaches, the New York Amsterdam News recently took the time to speak with the nation's future leaders about their thoughts concerning the King holiday, along with several other issues.
A group of 10-year-old fifth grade students from Harlem's P.S. 76 Asa Phillip Randolph School of Humanities sat down with the AmNews to discuss their views about race, the community, King and the President |
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At www.amsterdamnews.com
Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
