“I love 'The Stand;' I read it when I was a kid - it was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. I love Stephen King; I think he's a remarkable writer.” ThinkingBookKidsGrowing UpGrowingKingsMy FavoriteRemarkableFavorite Book Author:David Yates
“Well, I was always a bit of a political junkie. Even as a kid I would read biographies of presidents and of civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King and Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington.” WellsKidsPoliticalBitsPresidentLeaderRightsKingsCivil RightsBiographiesLutherJunkieCivil Rights Leaders Author:John Legend
“Inspiration thing is important, to teach the kids that JFK is not an airport, RFK's not a stadium, Martin Luther King ain't a street” ImportantInspirationKidsTeachStreetsKingsAirportsLutherStadiums Author:Kinky Friedman
“I used read about Dr. King a lot as a kid. Independently, from being assigned it or being told by my parents or anything, I was just really excited about him. So I just started reading about him very young and was inspired by his legacy and looked to him as a role model.” KidsYoungUsedReadingParentRolesKingsModelsInspiredExcitedLegacyRole ModelsDrs Author:John Legend
“Elvis is the king of rock and roll, who made white kids shake their shackle.” MadeKidsWhiteRocksKingsShakesRock And RollShackles Author:Gene Simmons
“I want my kids to know that they're just as good and just as American as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, or Dr. Martin Luther King. My worst fear is they will become ordinary.” KnowsWantKidsWorstKingsOrdinaryDrsLutherAbrahamWorst FearDr Martin Luther King Author:Rafe Esquith
“We [Americans] know Martin Luther King Jr. as a statue. We know him as a holiday. We know him as a speech. We don't know him as a man. Most people don't even know the whole speech, just "I have a dream." They don't know what his speaking voice was like, how he looked at his wife, or that he had four kids.” PeopleKnowsMenWholeDreamKidsVoiceFourWifeKingsSpeechHolidayStatuesLuther Author:Ava DuVernay
“I did my first show when I was five and I was the King of the Oompa Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The kids theater company, I was the youngest one, so there wasnt a part for me, so they made me the king of the Oompa Loompas.” FirstsMadeShowsKidsCompanyFiveKingsTheaterChocolateFactoriesCharlieCharlie And The Chocolate Factory Author:Max Schneider