Washington for Jobs and Freedom
hite, marched from the Washington Monument
and to hear about a dream
dom and equality for the disenfranchised and
segregated African-American communities,
and pushed for stronger and more effective
Civil Rights laws.
On that day the March on Washington for
Jobs and Freedom began at the Washington
Monument, followed along both sides of the
I have a dream that one day every
valley shall be exalted, every hill and
mountain shall be made low, the
rough places will be made plain, and
the crooked places will be made
straight, and the glory of the Lord
shall be revealed, and all flesh shall
see it together.
And when this happens, when we
allow freedom to ring... we will be
able to speed up that day when all of
God's children, black men and white
men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants
and Catholics, will be able to join
hands and sing in the words of the
old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free
at last! thank God Almighty, we are
free at last!"
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of the Lincoln Memorial.
There were several Civil Rights leaders who
spoke throughout the day, but Dr. King's "I
Have a Dream" speech was the most prevailing of them all, capturing the emotion, energy
and essence of the modern American Civil
Rights struggle. Excerpts are reprinted here
in pull-out quotations.
His famous words continue to resonate
throughout the world today
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Remember and join in this year's celebration: http://50thanniversarymarchonwashing ton.com.
Were you at the March? Share your memories of that day at http://50thanniversarymarchonwashington.com/i-was-there/.
September 2-10
TEACHING RESOURCES
• Martin Luther King, Jr. National
Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia
www.nps.malu
• The Martin Luther King, Jr.
Collection, Morehouse College,
Atlanta, Georgia
www.morehouse.edu/king
collection
• http://50thanniversarymarchon
washington.com
•www.nea.org/tools/lessons/mlkday.html
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