There's been many times when older adults in many parts of our country see children playing, black and white, and immediately think it's wrong But, what I'll try to convey in my story today, is that the children seem to know more than us. There's been Polly's and Billy's holding hands, and Billy's and Johnny's playing together, since time began. It seems when they get older, like the message I've told yah, things begin to change the way they veiw each other. And the two who were friends in the past see the broken glass put down on the ground from their forefathers and it changes their feelings towards each other. As a young boy I was always told by both my mother and father to be kind to my fellow man and I say it again since my time began, I've always been that way.
So to young ones I say, remember to pray and love one another as you love yourself. And, keep in mind to always be kind and your days will surely be longer. For we have proven that it's within our youth that the future of the world belongs. And, if one day we do meet, I can say to you on the street when we look at each other face to face, that indeed we both helped turn the world around and we can be proud as we say out loud, that we are Children of the world.
And every boy and girl from Pennsylvania to California, can say that they truly believe that it's the "Content of their character and not the color of their skin" that has changed the world that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., dreamed of and it will be that world that we'll find ourseleves in. And, if not in my lifetime, hopefully in your, race relations will change in this country. Not just for me but, for Orientals, and Mexicans, and Puerto Ricans, too. Will all be free and there won't be a racial clash. When all can say, that the division of races is now a thing of the past.
By
Tyrone Woodward
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