Face time for history
Rock Falls students create Facebook pages for famous blacks
ROCK FALLS – If Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a Facebook page, his cover photo might show him standing before a sea of people at the Washington Monument.
If Malcolm X had a Facebook page, his friends might include Elijah Muhammad, Fidel Castro and Muhammad Ali.
And if Jesse Owens had a Facebook page, his status update in August 1936 might have read, "I won four gold medals in the Olympic games."
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