Thousands have gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 'I Have A Dream' speech.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with organizers of the 1963 gathering and relatives of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.“I see a man still standing in authority and saying, ‘We’ve still got to get this right,’” Bernice said as she looked up at the granite statue.
Featured speakers include Ambassador Andrew Young, the close King advisor who helped organize the original march and who went on to serve as a congressman, U.N. ambassador and mayor of Atlanta. Leaders from the NAACP and the National Urban League are also expected to give remarks. Several leaders from groups organizing the march met Friday with Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland and Assistant Atty. Gen. Kristen Clarke of the civil rights division, to discuss a range of issues, including voting rights, policing and redlining.
The gathering Saturday was a precursor to the actual anniversary of the Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington.will observe the march anniversary on Monday by meeting with organizers of the 1963 gathering. All of King’s children have been invited to meet with Biden, White House officials said. For the Rev. Al Sharpton, founder of the National Action Network, continuing to observe March on Washington anniversaries fulfills a promise he made to the late King family matriarch Coretta Scott King. Twenty-three years ago, she introduced Sharpton and Martin Luther King III at a 37th anniversary march and urged them to carry on the legacy.
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