On January 15, 2014 Mrs. Major Phillips once again provided Asbury Park Middle School with an incredible assembly dedicated to the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s leadership during the Civil Rights Movement and his ongoing promotion of equality, peace, and the end to violence was highly stressed at this assembly. In addition to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., Phillips’ assembly also paid recognition to a man who was very similar or well connected to Dr. King and that was Nelson “Madiba” Mandela.
It was made clear during this assembly that Nelson Mandela, who passed away on December 5, 2013, was a person who also stressed equality, peace, and the end of violence. This was seen when Nelson Mandela was released from prison and became president of South Africa where he stressed the importance that everyone regardless of race gets along.
This assembly also had a guest speaker which was Mr. Don Covin. Mr. Don Covin, local educator, enforced the message of Dr. King’s
holiday of equality, peace, and the end to violence through his speech to the students. During his speech students were very well attentive to hear what Mr. Covin had to tell them.
