Full coverage: 50th anniversary of March on Washington
50th anniversary March on Washington for Jobs and FreedomOn Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famed ‘I Have a Dream’ speech to a crowd of nearly 200,000 people. Fifty years later, the anniversary will be marked by events including a reenactment of the march and a speech by President Obama. Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C. (AFP/Getty Images). Click for more photos »
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A look back at the March on Washington
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a landmark moment in the Civil Rights movement best known for Martin Luther King Jr.'s captivating "I Have a Dream" speech. Follow Nation Now on Twitter and Facebook
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Barack Obama and the March on Washington: Rhetoric and reality
President Obama’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington underscored both the great advantages of the presidency and its daunting limitations. A forum in which a president has to compete with the famously loquacious Bill Clinton and the ghost of Martin Luther King Jr....
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Obama honors King, pushes his political agenda on March anniversary
WASHINGTON – President Obama tried to reassemble a “coalition of conscience” to take up his economic agenda for the middle class on Wednesday as he honored Martin Luther King Jr. and the marchers who fought for civil rights 50 years ago. “In the face of impossible odds, people who love their country...
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Transcript: Obama's remarks on the March on Washington
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March on Washington: Californian is out to fulfill a 1963 dream
WASHINGTON -- Some who came in 1963 were back. And then there were others, like Joyce Hamilton, who flew from California to attend the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on Wednesday to fulfill a dream. Hamilton, 65, of Oakland, and her husband Bill, 74, both black, were at the anniversary...
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March on Washington organizers look back
Recollections of some of those who helped make the massive March on Washington happen 50 years ago.
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March on Washington: In 1963, fears of 'cold war between races'
WASHINGTON -- Fifty years ago, more than 200,000 demonstrators took to the National Mall to join the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, an event that has since been heralded as a landmark moment in the civil rights movement. But in the days before and after the event, skepticism abounded....
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Documents: Historical coverage of the March on Washington
50th anniversary March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom On Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famed ‘I Have a Dream’ speech to a crowd of nearly 200,000 people. While the march has since been heralded as a seminal moment in the civil rights movement,...
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Review: The roots of the 1963 March on Washington
In 'The March,' director John Akomfrah brings the historic event to life, with many key surviving participants recalling the march and what it took to make it happen.
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March on Washington set the standard for songs of protest
Music by Mahalia Jackson, Odetta, Bob Dylan and others helped muster courage at the March on Washington, a revolutionary moment for songs with a social message.