Marching on Washington and Toward the MLK Dream
When will Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream come true?
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For All Those Who Spoke Up, Who Will Pay It Forward?
Friends help friends, sometimes in silence but more significantly by speaking up for their dreams.
1963: The March on Washington
Fifty years ago, a crowd of at least 250,000 people gathered at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to raise their voices for jobs and freedom.
Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. About ten minutes into his address, gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, called out:
Tell ‘em about the dream, Martin.
And that was the point when King departed from his prepared speech and delivered the words we remember 50 years later:
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King giving his “I Have a Dream” speech, originally titled “Normalcy, Never Again”
(National Archives and Records Administration)
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