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Footage from the 1963 March on Washington. …
Scenes from Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C., August 1963. People walking up sidewalk; gathering on Mall, standing, singing. Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, crowd gathered on the Mall. People marching with signs, many men wearing UAW hats. People at speakers podium, men with guitars. Crowds outside of the White House, sign: The Catholic University of America. Band, people marching down street. Many signs, including All D.C. wants to vote! Home Rule for DC; Alpha Phi Alpha; and Woodstock Catholic Seminary for Equal Rights. Lincoln Memorial with crowds gathered around reflecting pool. People singing and clapping at speakers platform. Signs, people clapping. Man speaking, woman playing guitar and singing at podium. More speakers and shots of the crowd. A chorus, NAACP men in crowd. Close-ups of people in crowd with bowed heads. Shots taken from above of White House. More speakers, including Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Women at podium singing We Shall Overcome. Crowd swaying, singing, holding hands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oue9HIOM7xU
this video was from March 2013.
I’m looking for video of Asean’s speech from Saturday, 8-24-13.
photos from the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=march%2050th&s=rec
‘This is Trayvon Martin in reverse, only worse,’ right-wingers say
Adam Serwer, @adamserwer
12:51 PM on 08/22/2013
Conservative media have seized on the killing of an Australian student in Oklahoma by three local teenagers as racially motivated.
Twenty-two year old Christopher Lane, a student at East Central University, was shot dead in Duncan, Okla., on Aug. 16. Lane’s death has drawn national attention because the teenage suspects allegedly told police that they shot him because they were “bored and didn’t have anything to do.” Many Australian press reports have have focused on the easy availability of firearms in the United States.
Conservative media however, have honed in on the argument that the three suspects are black and the victim is white. In fact, one of the suspects is white, an official from the Stephens County District Attorney’s office told MSNBC Wednesday. “That is not the case,” the official said when asked whether all three suspects were black. “One is black, one is half-black half-white, the other is white.” Conservative media appear to have relied on an erroneous report in the Australian media about the identity of the suspects. Right-wing outlets have since singled out tweets from one of the suspects that include derogatory language aimed at white people.
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Much of the initial public outrage regarding Martin’s shooting had to do with the lack of charges against Zimmerman. Unlike the suspects in the Oklahoma shooting, Zimmerman was not initially charged with any crime. Martin was shot in February of 2012; Zimmerman was initially let go by Sanford police based on lack of evidence and not charged until April. According to the charging document filed by local prosecutors in Oklahoma, the three suspects were found and apprehended hours after Lane’s death and charged the next day.
Martin’s death left many in the black community feeling that Martin had been profiled based on race, something Zimmerman has denied doing, and that the initial failure to arrest Zimmerman was based on a sense that Martin’s life was not valued because he was black. If incorrect, that feeling is nevertheless motivated by centuries of American history that include chattel slavery, Jim Crow, and mass incarceration. “I think it’s important to recognize that the African-American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that doesn’t go away,” Obama said shortly after Zimmerman was acquitted.
On the one hand, that prism includes a history of institutionalized racism against black people that went on for most of the republic’s existence. On the other, Obama’s been president for five years and conservatives don’t like him much. In some corners of the parallel universe of conservative media and talk radio, these experiences are roughly equivalent narratives of harrowing racial oppression, except we haven’t overcome the latter yet.
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/22/right-wing-seizes-on-racially-motivated-shooting/
Great pictures from 1963. I think that my favorite pictures of MLK Jr. are from this day in August of 1963. He looks happy, maybe because of the huge turnout, maybe because he knew that he was about to deliver a moment of truth to the entire nation, that this would indeed be the tipping point. I’m always struck by how young he was.
What I witnessed today from listening to the speakers and watching the marcher was a strong resolve to stand up and to speak out against injustice and inequality. Nobody, but nobody, will ever allow the clock to be turned back! I saw STRENGTH. They will see to it that their voices are heard:
Jahvaris on steps of the Lincoln Memorial
SG2,
Thank you for posting this picture of Jahvaris.
Black and white photo……. hard-stone, steep steps behind him leading to Lincoln……his brother on his shirt……stone steps leading down to the crowd supporting equal justice and an end to profiling
Sobering photo
What’s happening? I’m back from a picnic.
First tell me what was on the menu. :) LOL !
Ametia,
Fabulous speeches today + great crowd with great signs.
You know, it is VERY fortunate that the 50th anniversary with its political platform occurred THIS year to ADDRESS everything that has been taking place this year with NC and other states trying to suppress the vote, the profiling and killing of Trayvon, the gutting of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court, etc.
Great photo of Jahvaris. His profile is striking, and the pensive look just melts my heart. I know he misses Trayvon.
People carry posters of Trayvon Martin (L) and US President Barack Obama with Martin Luther King Jr. while thousands of people gather to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and King’s “I have a Dream” speech on August 24, 2013, near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/MLADEN ANTONOV (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)
March On Washington- People arrive at the National Mall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ‘I have a Dream’ speech on the National Mall on August 24, 2013 in Washington, DC.
Great sign!
Dr. Martin Luther King: We will be the participants in a great building process that will make America a new nation.
Dr. Martin Luther King: Let us march on ballot boxes, march on ballot boxes until race-baiters disappear from the political arena.
Dr. Martin Luther King: Let us march on poverty until no American parent has to skip a meal so their children may eat.
Scenes from the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington
March On Washington- Justice4TrayvonMartin
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/371314259373719552/photo/1
I enlarged the picture of this newspaper and see that it was published in Baltimore, MD.
Do any of you know who the owner and the editor were at the time of this issue of the Afro American? Is the newspaper still being published?
Good find, Yahtc!
rikyrah found it. I just tried to enlarge and read it, SG2.
I enjoy reading old periodicals.
I have runs from the 1960’s and 1970’s of “The Black Scholar”, “Freedomways” and “The Negro Digest /BlackWorld.”
I just thought it might be interesting to try to find images or copies of “The Afro American” newspaper to read.
Kudos to you, rikyrah, for finding the tweet with this newspaper.
Thanks for posting the speeches, Rikyrah.
I want to carefully transcribe some excerpts from them.
I was not able to transcribe accurately during the speeches. (You were good at transcribing, SG2!)
I love the photos from the event that you posted, SG2! Also, your article photos!
Thank you so much. There are so many good pics.
Ametia is the Queen tho. :)
Did you hear that, Ametia……you are the Queen! :)
BWA HA HA HA I can’t take credit, for being the Queen. It’s a TEAM effort.
https://twitter.com/HamilHarris/status/371326763604779009/photo/1
Cool historical sign! Thanks for the post, rikyrah.
He looks like he’s doing just fine at 92, but imagine the stories he could tell.
Marchers commemorate the 50th anniversary of The March on Washington in Washington, DC. During the March in 1963, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial (rear). Paul J. Richards, AFP/Getty Images
Actor Danny Glover arrives at the National Mall to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
Rev. Al Sharpton: “We had ID when we voted for Johnson. Why when we get to Obama do we need some special ID?!” #MOW50 #MLK #MLKDream50
11:51 AM – 24 Aug 2013
Eric Holder Terrifies Republicans By Vowing to Fight For the Vote at March on Washington.
http://www.politicususa.com/2013/08/24/eric-holder-terrifies-republicans-vowing-fight-vote-march-washington.html …
Attorney General Eric Holder sent a wave of terror through vote suppressing Republicans by vowing to fight for the right of all Americans to vote.
Eric Holder’s remarks were heavy on remembering the history of the day, and honoring those brave Americans who stood up and fought against an unjust system for their right, but he also connected yesterday for today and committed himself to protecting the vote from those who seek to take it away.
Holder said their march is our march and it must go on. Attorney General Holder said that the march must go on for gays, Latinos, African-Americans, the disabled and others. He said that we must remember all of those who stood up to racist governments and governors. The Attorney General said that without all of the people who stood up for civil rights he would not be Attorney General and Barack Obama would not be the president of the United States.
Holder said, “Today we look at the work that remains unfinished…We want this nation to be all that it was designed to be and all that it can become.”
The Attorney General said that until every eligible American has the right to vote unencumbered the struggle must go on. Holder also talked about the confrontation of special interest forces that are opposed to the common good.
As much as Attorney General Holder gets criticized by some on the left, it is clear that he and President Obama are personally committed to stopping the Republican efforts across the country to suppress the vote. Republicans are determined to take “their country back” to Jim Crow era voter suppression.
It is easy to see why Republicans both hate and fear Eric Holder. The Attorney General is committed to opposing their efforts to create a group of non-voting second class citizens. Today’s rally confirms that the election of Barack Obama wasn’t the end of the struggle for equality, but the beginning. The election of Obama unleashed a wave of racism on the right.
The message of the thousands who have come to Washington, D.C. is that they are ready to fight, and Republicans now are seeing why their efforts to suppress the vote and deny equality are destined to fail.
https://twitter.com/deBlasioNYC/status/371312257386692608/photo/1
http://youtu.be/AeYhw4RpyN8
http://youtu.be/nIs7B_xJ35w
http://youtu.be/MaxKZFSrMYE
http://youtu.be/P1aY94UtLMk
excerpt from Myrlie Evers-Williams speech:
http://youtu.be/wffDKt1fi7U
http://youtu.be/cYasqMFCJao
excerpts from John Lewis’ speech:
SG2,
the photo album in this post is terrific. thank you for it, as well as the pics of the updates.
YVW! My pleasure! I get goosebumps looking back at the images of that defining moment in our History!
March On Washington- Thousands of people line the reflecting pool on August 24, 2013, in Washington, DC (AFP, Paul J. Richards)2″
I would like to get one of those support Trayvon’s Law posters.
March On Washington- Thousands of people line the reflecting pool on August 24, 2013, in Washington, DC (AFP, Paul J. Richards)”
March On Washington- Thousands line up near the Lincoln Memorial on August 24, 2013, to mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington (AFP, Paul J. Richards)”
The crowd gathered for the rally at the Lincoln Memorial has begun their march. Live updates:
http://wapo.st/17Tm29L #MarchonWashington
Large crowd!
Keep On Pushing
The Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till families are at the podium.
I am lifting them up in prayer.
May all of Congress support the Trayvon Law!
Sybrina Fulton: “Trayvon Martin is my son but he’s just not my son, he’s all of our sons. We must protect our children.
Amen.
The following was posted on Youtube by Mamie Till Mobley on Nov 16, 2012
Like the page “Mamie Till Mobley Foundation” on Facebook: www.facebook.com/MamieTillMobleyFoundation
Rev. Joseph Lowery speaking..
Joseph Lowery: “We never dreamed 50 years ago we’d see an African American president, thank God we lived long enough.”
A story from the past — posted in 2011:
What is Charles Sherrod doing today? He also did so much during the civil rights era.
Indeed! Both he and Shirley.
C.T.Vivian
“We come to Washington to COMMEMORATE, and we’re going back home to AGITATE.
HELLO!
Yes, yes, YES!
LOWERY
Oh my gosh…..Rev. Joseph Lowry!
Lowery
Rev Al speaking…
“We must give our young people dreams again.”
“We need to bring new voters based on the agenda of the new movement.”
“Our vote was soaked the blood of martyrs and you cannot take it away.”
“We see a new American of equality, justice and freedom for all. It is time to march and vote for a new America!”
Rev Al Sharpton: “Our vote is soaked in the blood of martyrs. You cannot take it from us now!”
Rev Al Sharpton: We have flip some folks in Congress.
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lOOKS @ Mitch McConnell—> FK Outta Here!
My sweet little parents hearts were rejoicing and so incredibly proud on this day 50 years ago.
RIP Mama & Daddy! *still loves you*
May their souls always be blessed.
Thank you!
Martin Luther King III is speaking..
“Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ’round”
Gonna only move things forward……no matter how much we need to yank and pull the stubborn racist resistance…….We WILL win! RACISTS are impotent!
Lee Sauders
“Let us take the spirit back and keep it alive!”
back to our neighborhoods
MOW- A marcher holds a U.S. flag bearing the image of President Obama, Washington, August 24″
Beautiful photo!
love this flag
Congressman John Lewis is speaking!!!!!!!
Congressman John Lewis speaking at March on Washington 50th Anniversary
Congressman John Lewis: “There are people who want to take us back, we cannot go back. .we have come too far.”
Congressman John Lewis: “I spilled blood on that bridge in Selma for the right to vote. I’m not going to stand by & let the Supreme Court take away the right to vote”
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Yes, Lord!
Cogressman John Lewis:
“There are forces who want to take us back. We CANNOT go back”
“We cannot wait we can not be patient we want our jobs and our rights!”
“I am not going to stand back and let the Supreme Court take the Right to Vote away from us!!!”
“The vote is precious, sacred! We’ve got to use it!”
“Hang in there! Keep the faith! I will continue to fight and you must fight!”
Myrlie Evers-Williams speaking..
Myrlie Evers-Williams: “Make ‘Stand Your Ground’ a positive ring for all of us who believe in freedom, justice and equality.”
Myrlie Evers-Williams:
“Take a negative and make a positive:
STAND YOUR GROUND for justice freedom and equality!!”
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I” think of us as trees…the strength of a tree comes from its roots”
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“Bring up the young leaders!”
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“We have the roots of strength and power to turn things around!”
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CASH IT!
Make them honor the check!
AMEN!
AG Holder! Bring it, Mr. Eric Holder!!!
Eric Holder: 50 years after March, more work to do
http://usat.ly/169GPGD
Attorney General Eric Holder speaking…
HD Stock Footage Civil Rights March on Washington with Martin Luther King Jr.
*tears*
MLK; March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom 1963/08/28
Rep. Marcia Fudge:
“Civil Rights is unfinished business.
“We cannot turn back now or lose faith!
“It is time to stand, say and march for civil rights”
The photo gallery is MAGNIFICENT, SG2. Thank you sooooooo much! :-)
YES WE CAN!!!
YES WE CAN!
YES WE CAN!
YES WE CAN!
RISE UP!
Love Mary Pat Hector of the Youth Movement!!
March on Washington 50th anniversary
50 years later, we come together because the Dream must march on. MarchOnWashington
Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte at the 1963 March on Washington
I like this picture of these two looking so handsome. I was a Harry Belafonte fan as far back as the 60s because one of my older sisters liked him and had his records. “Jamaica Farewell” is still a favorite of mine.
Nina Turner at the MarchOnWashington
Bob Dylan and Joan Baez 1963 March on Washington
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=we%20shall%20overcome%20seeger's%2090th&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDYQtwIwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DhtbhfuPAobk&ei=714ZUqfTMsH22gXLnIGoCg&usg=AFQjCNHbi4gR-cAMsJwGOuEFY1r8jA–FQ&bvm=bv.51156542,d.b2I
Marchers at March on Washington anniversary name voting rights, education, economic parity as key issues:
http://apne.ws/1dcoqzl
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alice Long planned months ago to use vacation time to travel from Huntsville, Ala., to the 50th anniversary events for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
Long, a NASA administrative assistant, brought along her grandchildren to give them a close-up view of African-American and civil rights history that she said isn’t being taught in schools.
“I’m here supporting this march because there are so many injustices in this country,” Long, 59, said on the eve of Saturday’s march from the Lincoln Memorial to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. “I’m very concerned about it because I have a 5-year-old grandson and a 13-year-old granddaughter.”
Marchers began arriving early Saturday to gather on the National Mall, many staking out their spots as the sun rose in a clear sky over the Capitol. The NAACP passed out signs reminiscent of the 1963 event expressing reasons for the march five decades later: “We March To Protect Voting Rights,” proclaimed one of the placards.
Organizers have planned for about 100,000 people to participate in the event, which is the precursor to the actual anniversary of the Aug. 28, 1963, march. It will be led by the Rev. Al Sharpton and King’s son Martin Luther King III. After several speeches, participants will walk the half-mile from the Lincoln Memorial to the 2-year-old memorial.
On the day of the anniversary, President Barack Obama will speak from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, the same place King stood when he delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Obama will be joined by former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Churches and groups have been asked to ring bells at 3 p.m. Wednesday, marking the exact time King spoke.
Same issues from 50 years ago.
Nothing’s changed,in that the MAJOR players have reassembled, planned & dressed in expensive suits.
Since 11-4-08, the RACIAL dogwhistling has become deafening.
They have been EXPOSED and are dying off. The fight continues anf until they are NO MORE.
WE WILL NOT BE GOING BACK!
I’m Not Going To The Back of The Bus
The U.S. Postal Service stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
50th Anniversary sign photo
http://gdb.voanews.com/4CAEAC77-8316-4360-941F-A3123EE36961_w640_r1_s.jpg
Thank you for this.
Complete schedule of events here:
Saturday, Aug. 24
Realize the Dream March and Rally
Organizer: National Action Network
Place: The Lincoln Memorial
Time: 8 a.m.
Event Details: Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, the families of Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till, Rep. John Lewis, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer will speak.
Global Freedom Festival
Organizer: The King Center and National Park Service
Location: The National Mall
Time: August 24, 2p.m. to August 27, 10 a.m.
Event Details: “Global Freedom Festival will open on the mall, and will include four days of education, entertainment and activities that focus on advancing the three freedoms previously mentioned, provided by individuals and organizations from throughout the world.”
Good Morning Everyone!
May today’s event be powerful!
I am watching the invocation on the PBS live broadcast.
Good morning, everyone!
Good Morning, Everyone! *sipping my coffee & catching up* Thanks for this, SG2.
Good Morning, Ametia, SG2 and Everyone!
together
toGETther
Together!
Presidential Proclamation — 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/08/23/presidential-proclamation-50th-anniversary-march-washington-jobs-and-fre
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
On August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands converged on the National Mall to take part in what the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., called “the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” Demonstrators filled the landscape — from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, alongside the still waters of the reflecting pool, to the proud base of the Washington Monument. They were men and women; young and old; black, white, Latino, Asian, and Native American — woven together like a great American tapestry, sharing in the dream that our Nation would one day make real the promise of liberty, equality, and justice for all.
The March on Washington capped off a summer of discontent, a time when the clarion call for civil rights was met with imprisonment, bomb threats, and base brutality. Many of the marchers had endured the smack of a billy club or the blast of a fire hose. Yet they chose to respond with nonviolent resistance, with a fierce dignity that stirred our Nation’s conscience and paved the way for two major victories of the Civil Rights Movement — the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Today, we remember that the March on Washington was a demonstration for jobs as well as freedom. The coalition that brought about civil rights understood that racial equality and fairness for workers are bound together; when one American gets a raw deal, it jeopardizes justice for everyone. These are lessons we carry forward — that we cannot march alone, that America flourishes best when we acknowledge our common humanity, that our future is linked to the destiny of every soul on earth.
It is not enough to reflect with pride on the victories of the Civil Rights Movement. In honor of every man, woman, and child who left footprints on the National Mall, we must make progress in our time. Let us guard against prejudice — whether at the polls or in the workplace, whether on our streets or in our hearts — and let us pledge that, in the words of Dr. King, “we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim August 28, 2013, as the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. I call upon all Americans to observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that celebrate the March on Washington and advance the great causes of jobs and freedom.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-third day of August, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.
BARACK OBAMA
Good Morning. Which channel will have the best coverage do you think? Or wear on line can I find it. Thanks.
Hi CarolMae!
I posted one link above and will post more in the morning.
Thank you.