Read with Me: The MLK Project
Writing Prompts
Select one of these writing prompts and write about it in detail. Please
read the prompt carefully before writing. Share your writing with us and
we will post it on our website. Send writing to [email protected].
1. List 5 things that you know about the civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr. Select one from the list and write about it in detail.
2. List the 4 principles of non-violence. Write about how these principles
can be applied to your life today.
3. Pick from one of the 4 principles: Write about what this principle means
to you. How can or how have you applied it to your daily life?
4. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” What does Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. mean by this? Write about how can or how the
meaning of this quote applies to you.
5. Write and explain in detail three reasons for why Dr. King, Jr. wrote this
letter.
6. Write about an injustice that has happened in your neighborhood or
community. Tell us what you will do or have done to address or resolve
this injustice.
7. Write a letter to Dr. King. Write about what your thoughts or responses
are to reading the letter from a Birmingham jail.