Fifty-seven years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the first March on Washington, thousands gathered once again at the nation’s capital to demand racial justice and police reform. Dr. Peniel Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School at the University of Texas, joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss how the foundations laid by civil rights leaders in 1963 helped shape today’s demonstration. Source
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Martin Luther King III speaks at the March on Washington
Fifty-seven years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington, his son, Martin Luther King III, addressed the crowd from the same spot at a march for racial justice and police reform. “We’re taking a step forward on America’s rocky but righteous journey towards justice,” he said. Watch his remarks. Source