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Julian Bond explains what it was like for many of the March on Washington attendees to hear Martin Luther King, Jr. speak on August 28, 1963. This was the first time many Americans were informed of the full list of injustices they faced. Bond is a civil rights icon and was director of communications for SNCC at the time of the March.

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Julian Bond: ‘This is Why We March…’ appeared first on Witnify.

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Julian Bond, civil rights icon and director of communications for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) at the time of the March, remembers some of the music of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.

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Julian Bond on the Music of the March appeared first on Witnify.