The 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington

Students,

Fifty years ago this Wednesday, 250,000 Americans marched on Washington in an effort to promote racial equality and to put an end to racial discrimination.  Martin Luther King delivered his most famous speech, "I Have a Dream" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.  Here are some reading, listening and video links that will help you better understand this important moment in America's past and hopefully how this event relates to things that happen today.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10264375/Martin-Luther-Kings-march-on-Washington-commemorated.html

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45755884/vp/52831723

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130827/EDIT01/308250023/King-s-words-live-on?nclick_check=1

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/21/50_years_later_the_untold_history

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efd_UybfrGo

http://www.npr.org/2013/08/27/214224111/clarence-b-jones-a-guiding-hand-behind-i-have-a-dream