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The March on Washington
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton on MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ Speech

  By Witnify • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized
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Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton discusses what it was like to hear Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington. Continue reading

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Clayborne Carson on Busing to the March

  By Witnify • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized
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Professor Clayborne Carson recalls how he traveled to the March on a bus from the Midwest. Continue reading

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Congressman Emanuel Cleaver on How the March Changed His Life

  By Witnify • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized
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Congressman Emanuel Cleaver discusses how the March influenced his life. Continue reading

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Lucia Hatch: ‘We’re All Here Together, We Want the Same Thing’

  By Witnify • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized
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Lucia Hatch discusses how she felt about being at the March and what she remembers seeing on August 28, 1963. Continue reading

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Larry Rubin on Rooming With Martin Luther King, Jr.

  By Witnify • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized
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Larry Rubin discusses the role of labor at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom held on August 28, 1963 Continue reading

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Frank Smith on SNCC’s Work in the Civil Rights Movement

  By Witnify • November 4, 2013 Uncategorized
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Frank Smith discusses the groups of young people that organized the March and the other civil rights protests. Continue reading

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Diane McDougall: ‘I Love Going Down There and Remembering That I Was There’

  By Witnify • October 30, 2013 Uncategorized
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Diane McDougall remembers the tree she stood under during the March on Washington to avoid the sweltering heat on August 28, 1963. Continue reading

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Janice Ferebee on What She Learned About Unions From Her Father

  By Witnify • October 30, 2013 Uncategorized
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Janice Ferebee discusses her father's union background and what she learned about unions as a child. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Politics and History, Protest, The March on Washington
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Harris Wofford: ‘It Was a Great Moment in the Civil Rights Movement’

  By Witnify • October 30, 2013 Uncategorized
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Senator Harris Wofford discusses how Martin Luther King, Jr. and John F. Kennedy both felt about an executive civil rights measure and the March on Washington. Continue reading

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Joyce Ladner on Spreading the Word About the March

  By Witnify • October 30, 2013 Uncategorized
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Joyce Ladner discusses organizing the March and how they got the word out before the existence of social media. Continue reading

Tagged   1960s, Civil Rights, Politics and History, Protest, The March on Washington
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