Americans continue to grieve MLK and pray that his peaceful spirit of kinship and belonging will live on in this world and to the next.
60 years ago in our nation's capital, Martin Luther King Jr. led an estimated 250,000 people in the original March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in which he also made his famed “I Have a Dream” speech. It marked a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, with King’s speech paving the way for groundbreaking legislation, such as the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Despite becoming deeply associated with the movement for racial equality, the original goal of the march was actually to draw attention to economic inequality and to push for a higher minimum wage, as well as a new federal jobs program.
A rare look at one of the "I Have A Dream" speech drafts
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic "I Have A Dream" speech 60 years ago. Nikole Killion takes a look at one of the drafts of the speech to see how it differs from what King ultimately said on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech at 1963's March on Washington was a watershed moment in the Civil Righoverars Later, Dr Bernice King told the BBC's Caitríona Perry that there is still progress to be made.
You can watch the full interview here.
The March on Washington was initially conceived by several civil rights activists and labor leader A. Philip Randolph, who, over the course of less than three months, banded together with fellow leaders of five prominent civil rights organizations to make the march come to fruition. However, given the presence of leaders from a number of different civil rights organizations, agreeing on the precise intentions of the protest was a challenge.