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Fossil fuels have been used to generate most of the energy humans use on an everyday basis for over 150 years. However, using fossil fuels has taken a large toll on humans and the environment. According to the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, fossil fuel impacts include climate change, ocean acidification, extreme weather, sea level […]
As we mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, it is clear that protest politics are alive and strong in the United States. As was the case 60 years ago, gaping racial inequalities and social unrest have motivated widespread participation in marches, which over the past decade have focused on police brutality and […]
What You Need To Know About Saturday’s March On Washington DCist Source link
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., addresses marchers during his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. (AP Photo, File) Remarks byAmbassador Francisco O. Mora Thank you very much. It is a great honor to be here today, and I thank the Secretariat for Access to Rights […]
By Levi Sumagaysay Women talk racial, gender and economic justice, as well as voting and LGBTQ+ rights, six decades after MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom — which was attended by an estimated 250,000 people, and during which Martin Luther King Jr. […]
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr’s family to mark Monday’s 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, where King delivered his famous ‘I Have a Dream’ speech at the Lincoln Memorial. All of King’s children have been invited, White House officials have said. The […]
By Levi Sumagaysay Women talk racial, gender and economic justice, voting and LGBTQ rights 6 decades after MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington — which was attended by an estimated 250,000 people and during which Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I have a dream” […]
U.S. marks 60 years since March on Washington CNN Source link
August 28 will mark the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. During that march, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared his dream and Congressman John Lewis declared his impatience. Marian Anderson and Mahalia Jackson sang but did not speak. And Bayard Rustin, the man who organized it all, a […]
Ken Howard (B.A. ’67) was an entering freshman at Howard University when he attended the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963. He recounted his experience to Smithsonian Magazine of joining the massive crowd in 83-degree muggy heat, and the significance of each moment in history that led to it. “The March on […]