Parks got on the bus. She was tired. Then another woman got on the bus. She said, "Get up.'' Rosa Parks told her no and that she was tired. She got arrested. They went on strike and boycotted the buses. Black people didn't go on the buses. It was terrible! They didn't boycott the buses for one week, not a month, they went on boycott for years and years and years. Until one day the bus people lost lots of money -- so much that they had to change the laws.

Martin Luther King Jr. got married. He married Coretta Scott. DENZELLE SWAN 7 years old East End Primary *** Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader. He was a very good man. He wanted to change the world. He was a very important man. I like this day because it is his birthday. Today is January 15th. When Martin was young, he had white friends but their mother said that he couldn't play with them because he was black. He got shot. GIORGIO SWAN 7 years old East End Primary *** Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader. He was a good man. One day, Rosa Parks was on the bus. A white lady got on the bus and asked for her seat. She said no and got arrested. She was nice. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had to go to jail. The black people had to drink from water fountains for black people only. People put on white sheets and burned black churches. Dr. King got shot. JARAZINHO BASSETT 7 years old East End Primary *** Martin Luther King Jr. had two boys and two girls.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a minister. He helped organise the bus boycott.

He got shot and died. He was married to Coretta. He was kind. He fought with words. ERICA SWAN 6 years old East End Primary *** Dr. King fights with words. He was married to Coretta Scott. They had two boys and two girls. Dr.

King went to church. He was a kind man. Dr. King was shot and he died. PHILIP ROQUE 7 years old PHOTO MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. -- An inspiration to today's youth.