Winning Speech: The 13th Annual Gardere MLK Jr. Oratory Competition Houston

Fourth grader Gerra Gistand, a student at MacGregor Elementary School in Houston ISD, presents the winning speech from the 13th Annual Gardere MLK Jr. Oratory Competition held Jan. 16, 2009, at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. Held days before the historic inauguration of President Obama, the competition challenged students to focus on the question If Dr. King were alive today, what do you think he would say about current events? Presented in Dallas and Houston by the Texas-based law firm Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, the competition commemorates the life of Dr. King and is designed to highlight the cultural diversity of the community while recognizing and encouraging the writing and presentation skills of elementary school students.

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[rheinrhein23]

what is the title of her speech?

[whoknows3266]

Theres not an actual title. The speech addressed the question: If Dr. King were alive today, what do I think he would say about current event?

Hope this helps!

[spels]

hi. this is great. is there anyway i could download her speech. i would love to show it to the kids of my church. thanks

[whoknows3266]

I am sure there is a way for you to download it I just don't know how to do it...maybe you can find the answer in the Help & Info section down at the very bottom center of the home page for YouTube.

[TheLEAPAcademy]

God bless her..incredible well done..amen..

[cookie12386]

i think dr.mlk would say shut the fuck up your voice is annoying. and obama wasnt even born in this country why should he be president? and no. i dont want to hear aall the crap of me being "racist"

[joann201]

where would i get her speech? it's nice.,i'll use her speech for our presentation. hope somebody would help me.

[egolum13]

gettin rdy for my oratorical competition i thought to look up some on youtube nd then i stumbled upon this amZing lil girl!! all i cn say is WOW!! so much power nd heart nd soul in this speech!! this jst gave me so many ideas on how to present mi own speech thnk you sooooooooooooo much!!!

[crncorin14]

this kid's great

[200LUVya]

dis little gurl got talent when she speaks it touch my heart when i heard it im glad she won

[xDRose4MVPx]

i am doing my oratorical speech tomorrow and i was just looking for how to do my speech as in how i should talk. our topic is "if i were leader of the free world, the first issue i would dress would be..." i am in 8th grade and really think this girl is amazing.

[bridgetsky1]

I am so impressed with Gerra I have seen her other videos and she has great promise I have played this video for my seventh grade students they were inspired! I was inspired! God bless Gerra Gistand

[mzchocoloco111]

That was amazing & inspiring : ) great job

[tenseman08]

lol..what a great little hitler she is