transparency. i m a big believer in people seeing. we serve our public and our public has the right to see. as soon as we are finished with it, we will release it. today there have been commemorations of the 1963 march on washington where martin luther king gave his i have a dream speech. yet this racially motivated attack happened today. it s not the first time that something like this has happened before. do you have any thoughts on how this country can make any progress in this area where we don t see these types of attacks happening over and over again, where african american communities are terrorized. that appears what took place today. a community was terrorized. that is absolutely what took place. and the thing about it is the loss of life, no matter what the circumstances are, it s sad and
sixty years a is frankly just a blank. we have all learned 60 years can make a measurable change. it can really happen within this obviously we ve seen images all day long here we have seen people getting together and coming together as one. mark 60 years since historic 1963 march on washington are so important say organizers they say it is a reflection of how far we ve come as a nation. a quarter million people but becomes a moment in history. what s happened since then say organizers that s truly historic. historic gains across political economic reflecting the dignity and the importance to the american family.
part of this program today? absolutely important. instantly, it s ironic, that clip from king s speech has been used in such insidious ways to hear the young 15 year old, it is so important. because during the 1963 march, it was what movement or very marginalize. it was a very male affair. it was roselle park to refuse to get up. at least, that s how we tell our story. let s give it a brief moment to say some words. nina horn shouted freedom. daisy gates, central to the organizing the little rock desegregation campaign, little rock 90, had a bit to say. but dorothy height, president of national council of women, for the most part, had to march they. march separately with the wife of the civil rights leaders as the men walked with the cameras in front of them. so, what we see in this moment, not only the power of organizing, we also see the contradictions. so, it s amazing to see a young
welcome back. this weekend the nation is marking 60 years since the march on washington. these are live pictures we want to show you from washington, d.c. where people had begun gathering there. the 1963 march was a landmark event in the civil rights movement. more than 200,000 people poured into the nation s capital to demand an end to racial discrimination. dr. martin luther king jr. delivered his famous i have a dream speech. we re joined by dr. king s daughter, ceo of king center. what a pressure to have you on. this rally and march on washington is a continuation of the fight for civil rights. when you look at how politically polarized we are today and the conversations we re having about what did and didn t happen on
locked into a place in the past, instead of moving forward as it should. there was also, rachel, economic equality. that was the second limb of the 1963 march. and the wealth gap between black hispanic and white white households. it remains a huge area of segregation, here s how former president obama described it ten years ago at the 2013 march. take a listen. the test was not, and never has been, whether the doors of opportunity are correct a bit wider for a few. it s whether our economic system provides a fair shot for the many. for the black custodian in the white steel worker. the emigrant dishwasher and the native american veteran. to win that battle, to answer that call. this remains our great unfinished business. both the trump and biden