18 Oct
31: Musicians perform from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
The civil rights movement reached its climax on August 28, 1963 with the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Protesters came together to bring awareness to racial inequality and press congress to enact civil rights legislation. An interracial crowd of more than 250,000 gathered to hear Dr. Martin Luther King’s iconic “I have a dream speech.” The feeling of unity that day was underscored by the featured performers including Mahalia Jackson, Joan Baez, Marian Anderson, Peter Paul and Mary, and Bob Dylan. The March is widely credited as a major factor leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the National Voting Rights Act of 1965.
What a wonderful memory (predates my birth by 5 years, but awe inspiring all the same). I heard Blowing IN the Wind in a totally different way for the first time just now. And I am only sorry that XPN did not include more music from that event.
Please play more of it in your daily rotations!!
October 18th, 2007 at 10:22 amKind of a sad for this country tho…..It took 100 years, after the civil war,which was fought in part, for the freedom of the slaves, for equality to start getting done. And still a long way to go
October 19th, 2007 at 9:51 am