Words Matter Library: 56th Anniversary of the March on Washington

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

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🗓️ 29 August 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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It was one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in American history. 56 years ago this week The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, or the March on Washington, was held in the Nation’s Capital on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. More than 250,000 people turned out to advocate for the civil and economic rights of black Americans. At was here, standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech. Dr. King considered the words in Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as a “scared obligation” -- he believed that the Founders and their descendants should be held accountable. For Dr. King and millions of others – America would only become great when this dream was fully realized and this country finally lived up to its founding words. This week we put Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech into the Words Matter Library Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Words Matter Library.
0:09.6	Welcome to Words Matter.
0:11.2	I'm Katie Barlow.
0:13.3	Our goal is to promote objective reality.
0:16.4	As a wise man once said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.
0:22.7	Words have power and words have consequences.
0:28.4	56 years ago this week, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held in the nation's
0:34.0	capital on Wednesday, August 28, 1963.
0:39.2	More than 250,000 people turned out to advocate for the civil and economic rights of black Americans.
0:47.6	It was here, standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, that the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther
0:52.2	King Jr. delivered his historic, I Have a Dream Speech.
0:56.8	It was one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic
1:01.4	speeches in all of American history.
1:04.6	More than 100 years after emancipation, Dr. King explained to the country and to the world
1:11.9	how black Americans were still not free.
1:15.6	Five score years ago, a great American in whose symbolic shadow we stand today.
1:27.4	Signed the emancipation proclamation.
1:33.5	This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves
1:43.0	who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.
1:49.4	It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.
2:00.0	But 100 years later the Negro still is not free.
2:10.9	100 years later the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of
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