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Civil rights biopic ‘Rustin' premieres in DC
A film about one of the activists behind the historic March on Washington premiered in D.C. Friday. News4’s Walter Morris was at the National Museum of African American History for the screening of “Rustin.”
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Table for Four: Carrying the torch 60 years after March on Washington
It’s been 60 years since the March on Washington — a watershed demonstration for civil rights in the United States. News4’s Shawn Yancy sits down with three generations of Black Americans to discuss the past and how the fight for equality continues today.
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Biden calls for action to end ‘hate-fueled violence' on 60th anniversary of March on Washington
President Joe Biden is calling for action to end the type of “hate-fueled violence” that authorities say motivated a white man to fatally shoot three Black people at a Florida store over the weekend.
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60 years of March on Washington: 3 generations discuss progress
Sixty years after the March on Washington, who is carrying the torch? News4’s Shawn Yancy asked people from three different generations.
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‘We're still fighting': Thousands mark 60th anniversary of March on Washington
Thousands gathered on the National Mall to mark 60 years since the March on Washington. News4’s Derrick Ward spoke to people who attended the March in 1963 and returned this weekend vowing to fight on.
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'We're still fighting': Thousands mark 60th anniversary of March on Washington
Thousands gathered on the National Mall to mark 60 years since the March on Washington. News4’s Derrick Ward spoke to people who attended the March in 1963 and returned this weekend vowing to fight on.
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Thousands converge on National Mall for 60th anniversary of March on Washington
Thousands have gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in the nation’s capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech.
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60th Anniversary of Historic March on Washington
Organizers say the anniversary march is not a commemoration, but a continuation of the fight for civil rights. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.
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Martin Luther King III: Father ‘would be greatly disappointed in the way our nation is choosing to conduct itself'
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic ‘I have a dream’ speech helped set the tone for the March on Washington and generations to come. News4’s Shawn Yancy spoke with Martin Luther King III about whether his father’s dream has been realized.
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Dr. Bernice King reflects on her father's dream and legacy
Monday marks the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic ‘I have a dream” speech. News4’s Shawn Yancy talked with his daughter, Dr. Bernice King, about her father’s dream and how the nation can help move that dream forward.
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Biden and Harris will meet with the King family on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington
The 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is still considered one of the greatest and most consequential racial justice demonstrations in U.S. history.
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What to know: 60th anniversary of the March on Washington
Thousands of people will gather on the National Mall on the anniversary of the March on Washington. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.
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Road closures for Saturday's March on Washington
Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather at the National Mall on Saturday, Aug. 26 for the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington.
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‘It's not just a moment, it's a movement': A look back at the 1963 March on Washington
August 28, 2023, marks the March on Washington’s 60th anniversary. News4 takes a look back at this historic day and its legacy with Aaron Bryant, museum curator, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, who was on staff for the march, and Derrick Lewis, a field manager for NAACP Youth & Culture.
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At March on Washington's 60th anniversary, leaders seek energy of original movement for civil rights
Sixty years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. issued his resounding call for racial harmony that set off decades of push and pull toward progress. The historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom remains a marker by which progress is measured. But that progress — namely civil and voting rights legislation passed in the mid-1960s — teeters precariously...
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MLK's dream for America is one of the stars of the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington
The last part of the speech took less time to deliver than it takes to boil an egg, but “I Have A Dream” is one of American history’s most famous orations and most inspiring. Martin Luther King Jr. began by speaking of poverty, segregation and discrimination and how the nation had reneged on its promise of equality for Black Americans....