Nov 11, 2020
Meet King
Randall, who at the ripe old
age of 21 is the founder of
the "X" for Boys organization in Albany,
Ga., where the motto is, "Let US Make
Man."
That’s just one of the ways
he’s trying
to fulfill the word he
stunned his grandmother with when he
was just
2. “I’m here to finish what Dr.
Martin Luther King started,” he told her. She had no idea
he knew anything about Dr. King, but she never let him forget
it.
Taking the initiative to fill a void among young black men, Randall hosts a variety of automotive workshops to teach them how to change brakes and oil. He also has home improvement workshops to teach them how to replace light fixtures, toilets, and how to paint. He’s also a chef after graduating at the age of 17 with a degree in Culinary Arts from Albany Technical College — even before graduating Westover High School. He also hosts a weekly book club for boys to improve their literacy skills and also to teach them important life skills about growing into a young man.
“Say, five to 10 years from now, when I’ve raised new doctors and lawyers and police officers and judges, you’ll see a shift in the atmosphere — or even the nation,” Randall says. “We have to train the replacements.”