Monday marks a huge milestone in American history. Sixty years since the "March on Washington" and the pursuit of civil rights. Doctor Martin Luther King Junior delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963.
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00:00 (clock ticking)
00:02 - Monday marks a huge milestone in American history.
00:08 60 years since the March on Washington
00:10 and the pursuit of civil rights.
00:12 (chanting)
00:14 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous
00:22 I Have a Dream speech on August 28th, 1963.
00:26 Tomorrow, people from across the country
00:28 will gather in Washington, D.C.
00:30 His daughter-in-law, Andrea Waters King,
00:33 will lead the event.
00:34 - We felt that it was imperative this year
00:36 as we go into the 60th anniversary
00:38 that we not commemorate it,
00:41 but that we find a way to re-inspire,
00:44 to re-dedicate ourselves to the ideals
00:47 of Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King.
00:50 - Waters King says, while progress has been made in 60 years,
00:53 the work is far from over.
00:55 - We've seen an attack as it relates to hate violence,
00:59 anti-Semitism is at an all-time high.
01:02 We see books being banned.
01:04 We see history literally being erased.
01:08 We felt it imperative to come together
01:11 and show that we certainly have more in common
01:15 and that those that would wish for us to be divided,
01:19 that we're stronger together.
01:22 - The event at the Lincoln Memorial
01:23 is expected to draw tens of thousands of people,
01:26 including global civil rights leaders and celebrities.
01:30 It will end with a march
01:31 through the streets of the nation's capital
01:33 to honor the continuation of Dr. King's dream.
01:36 ♪ Young people just like a tree ♪
01:38 ♪ Standin' by the wall ♪