From the start of the civil rights movement through the March on Washington, young people stood up for their rights. Continue reading
Former SNCC member and attorney Timothy Jenkins says that freedom never comes without sacrifice. Continue reading
Civil rights activist Frank Smith recalls his experiences during the March. Continue reading
Peter Sussman recalls the bus ride to the March and how the crowd made him feel. Continue reading
George Raveling, "in the right place at the right time," owns and protects the actual physical speech that Martin Luther King, Jr., read that day. He recalls hearing Kennedy ask MLK not to speak at the March. Continue reading
Sasha Reuther, the great-nephew of former UAW head Walter Reuther, describes how labor and civil rights came to be connected. Continue reading
Senator Harris Wofford Anecdote discusses how Kennedy and MLK were both pleased with the outcome of the March. Continue reading
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton talks about the different struggles African Americans faced that led to the March on Washington. Continue reading
SNCC activist Joyce Ladner describes how a few of her fellow hard-core members of the movement shared a special moment after the March and before returning to work for civil rights in the South. Continue reading
Clayborne Carson, the director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research Center at Stanford, describes the lack of African American power at the time and role the March has had on his life. Continue reading
