Dear John Lewis,

          I just finished reading your first part of MARCH. It was just a regular day, kids were at Church and people gathered together to have a conversation. Suddenly, out of the blue they were bombed. They did nothing wrong, but yet they were bombed and killed in vain. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the end of it there were even teenagers, part of the boy’s scouts, targeting African Americans. It was then when Dr.King gathered together with a few other individuals and realized change had to happen. There was a lot packed into the first part.

          My favorite part of this section was the last 2 pages. You advance many years into the future to you shaking President Obama’s hand welcoming him. It really showed the hard work and effort many people put in, including you, in order to come to this incredible milestone. It really helped put things into perspective as well as prove that we can irradicate hate even at times we think it may be impossible. It gave me a sense of hope that even though things may be rough we can always prevail against any type of hate.

          My question for you is now in our society today how can we go about eliminating any hate? In my opinion, I believe it all comes down to knowledge. People can not stop something they do not know. We have to teach people the history so we know what not to do, and how to make sure it does not happen again. As well as look at the positive, look at the successful things done and learn from that, giving us an outline of what to do. It’s a tough question with many answers and it’s hard to know which one the best answer is.  

All the best,

Jonathan Nooriel