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page 8 THE CREATION AS WRITTEN TODAY WRITTEN BY A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN PENNSYLVANIA In the end. There was Earth, and It was with form and beauty. And man dwelt upon the lands of the Earth, the meadows and trees, and he said, ^ t "Let us build our dwellings in this place of beauty. And he built cities and covered the Earth with concrete an And the meadows were gone. And man said, "It is good.’ ON THE SECOND DAY, man looked upon the waters of , And man said, "Let us put our wastes in the waters of the Ea that the dirt will be washed away." And man did. And the waters became polluted and foul in their smell. And man said, "It is good." ON THE THIRD DAY, man looked upon the forests of the Earth ^d saw they were beautiful. And man said, "Let us cut the timber for our homes and grind the wood for our use." And man did. And the lands became barren and the trees were gone. And man said, "It is good." ON THE FOURTH DAY, man saw that the animals were in abundance and ran in the fields and played in the sun. And man said, 'Let ^ us cage these animals for our amusement and kill them for our sport. And man did. And there were no more animals on the face of the Earth. And man said, "It is good. ON THE FIFTH DAY, man breathed the air of the Earth. And man said, "Let us dispose of our wastes into the air for the winds shall blow them away." And man did. And the air became filled with the smoke and the fumes could not be blown away. And the air became heavy with dust and choked and burned. And man said, "It is good." ON THE SIXTH DAY, man saw himself; and seeing the many languages and tongues, he feared and hated. And man said. Let us build great machines and destroy these lest they destroy us." And man built great machines and the Earth was fired with the rage of great wars. And man said, "It is good." ON THE SEVENTH DAY, man rested from his labors and the Earth was stilly for man no longer dwelt upon the / Earth. S+ ke IJ J 1 a; yot\. «) rvio •T6 p«.+ ^ B Time For Equality In my English class a few days hack, we had a discussion on racism. No one was found prejudiced. I began to thmk the question over of why would anyone want to be prejudiced? Just because there is a difference m the color of a person’s skin? You don’t have to be afraid to carry on a conversation. God created all men equal When we died we are going to heaven or hell. There we will be together. So why not be together here on earth? I also checked a book out of the Pembroke State University Library concerning Martin Luther King Jr., a foremost civil rights leader of the U.S. who was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, and was killed Aprd 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. In this book, the Negroes had to live by a law known as the Jim Crow Law, which means that the Negroes sat at the back of a bus, and the white’s sat up front. If the wife section was empty, and the rtegro section was crowded with negroes standing and sit ting, they were still not allowed to sit in the white section. If any ne'gfo broke the Jim Crow Law, he or she would be thrown in jaiL The law was broken by a N.A.A.C P. member. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). A lady by the name of Rosa Park, was on her way home from work one afternoon, and her feet were aching. All the seats in the Negro section were filled with Negroes sitting and standing. She sat in the white section. The djiver of the bus ask her to move, but she said no. She told him that her feet were aching because of standing on them all day. So he went to get the police to arrest her. The police arrested her. The news go out all over town that Rosa Park had been & rrcs ted* The Negroes decided to choose King as their leader. King did not refuse. King had just move to Memphis, but he had a eood backeround: All A’s in high school and all A’s in college. King told all Negroes to take a cab to work the next day or to drive their cars. They did as he said. King wanted flai/e. fit CowSCt'ewce. r*'ee- it to be like first come first served. Bombs were thrown on Kine’s Dorch warning him to leave town. That did not scare King. The K.K.K. (Ku KluxKlan) also warned King. King did not fear them either. King began to think back to when he was small, how he was treated. He was treated like an animal, and he did not want his children or any other children to be treated like an animal King helped the Negro Race to be treated like any other race. He ako wanted to be remembered as: “I want you to be able to say that day that I did try to feed the hungry. I want you to be able to say that day that I did try in my life to clothe the naked. I want you to be able to say that day that I did try in my life to visit those who were in prison. And I want you to say that I tried to love and serve humanity. ” I am an Indian, but yet I love all Negroes and whites just as I love an Indian. The color of a person’s skin doesn’t matter. “Thou shah love people, not just use them. The greatest thing in the world is a person; and the greatest thing about a person in his motive; and the greatest motive is love.” A life with love is equal to a walk without an end. By: VONNIE LOCKLEAR WE MUST BEGIN TO LIVE AS WE THINK, OR SOONER OR LATER WE WILL BEGIN TO THINK AS WE LIVE' Paul Valery -from reCreatiiDn, by Marc Estrin eS K r S’ “tXra package of your very own placed undpr n a k Hei7rj ^ Mejers Fhrrt I fTl
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