Martin Luther King Day: 4th grade CPS student wins speech contest on MLK's vision for America in 2020

Monday, January 20, 2020
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A first-of-its-kind competition in Chicago featured 4th and 5th grade Chicago Public School students who had to write and present original speeches with one question in mind: What Would Doctor Martin Luther King's vision be for America, in 2020?

Mia Roberts, a fourth grader from Arthur Dixon Elementary School won. She performed part of her speech on ABC7 Monday morning.
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Roberts tells us about her experience in the competition and why its so important for us to think about.
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