March On Washington

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Mon, 09/11/2023 - 9:00am to 10:00am

We recently celebrated the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Norm Diamond looks back at Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I have a dream” speech, and how it and King’s legacy has been distorted by the right and all too often misremembered by the rest of us.

1963 March for Jobs on Washington; photo by US Information Agency, from the National Archives and licensed under Creative Commons: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pingnews/286476544

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