August 27, 1963 The March on Washington. Over 250,000 watch Dr. Rev. Martin Lurther King, Jr. deliver his famed "I Have A Dream" speech. Performers preceding King included: Mahalia Jackson, Marian Anderson, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul and Mary, and Odetta.
"So, let us not be blind to our differences - but let us also direct attention to our common interests and to the means by which those differences can be resolved. And if we cannot end now our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal." JFK, June 10, 1963.
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