We announced it earlier this month, we will organize tonight a discussion to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Information regarding how to join us has been sent in our Newsletter, we hope that as many of you will join us as at our previous discussion.
In the meantime, we have selected articles about the March on Washington, and we want to share with you some of these sometimes forgotten, untold stories. You will surely learn something you didn’t know yet about the event that took place 50 years ago…
– Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Richardson, 91, on How Women Were Silenced at 1963 March on Washington
– Photos: The Women of the March on Washington
– The Women Who Sang Out for Civil Rights
Also:
– Bayard Rustin: The man black history erased
– 50 Years After March, Views of Fitful Progress
– Martin Luther King: the story behind his ‘I have a dream’ speech
Below: ‘I Have a Dream Speech‘. Martin Luther King’s Address at March on Washington on August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C.
