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Daughter of Martin Luther king. She was born precisely five months before he delivered that speech. And it was a speech that has stood the test of time as one of the great pieces of rhetoric in american history. One of the measures we take now is how much progress has been made since the speech was made 50 years ago in terms of civil rights, job equality and so forth. In terms of political progress its been substantial. We got an africanamerican in the white house. We have black americans in the last two president ial elections that actually voted at higher rates than white americans. That shows the participation is there. In terms of economic equality john harwood hold on a second well listen to the bells. [ pealing of the bell ] [ applause ] that marks the time exactly 50 years ago today when dr. Martin luther king, jr. Began that historic speech. There will be a singer here for just a moment before the president begins his speech today. And, again, this will be a key moment not only

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