6 Things You Might Not Know About The March On Washington
As it was decided that King would give the keynote address at the march, he had been working on his speech for some time. The preacher wrote multiple versions of the address, none of which exactly matched what he said on Aug. 28. He had also talked about his dream in previous speeches and sermons, including a 1962 speech at a high school gym in North Carolina and a version he had delivered in Detroit. During the March on Washington, the first half of the speech King gave was very substantive, highlighting the civil and economic inequalities that Black people continued to face, but wasn’t quite rousing the crowds the way organizers intended. Mahalia Jackson, familiar with his Detroit speech, called out to King from behind the podium, yelling, “Tell them about the dream, Martin.” King, an experienced preacher, responded by going back to the words he had spoken at those earlier occasions, and thus the country was introduced to what became one of the nation’s most famous and inspiring speeches.
Sixty years later, Kings words and the hard work of numerous people and organizations still resonate. And given the remaining challenges, ranging from economic inequality to deadly racist violence, the message of the March on Washington remains as important as ever.
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