Art in Heaven 2017

Abbie (12)

Acklam Grange School

A Hero without a Cape

Martin Luther King was a hero, a warrior. When someone hears hero they picture a person flying with a cape and laser eye vision. He was a different kind of hero. He stood up for good by trying to stop racism, and making the world equal.

The world we live in now is horrifying for a lot of people. When Martin Luther King lived, black people, the same as me except for their race, were treated differently. Just because they looked different. His ‘I have a dream’ speech touched the hearts of so many people. He was doing the right thing. The man that killed him did so because he didn’t like that what Martin Luther King said was right. My work uses this speech to re-create the well-known silhouette of him. His speech is him and he is his speech.

The world we live in now is not free from racism. But it is better. It is people like Martin Luther King who tried to help the world become a better place, a more loving place, by standing up.