has plagued this community time and time again and it should not happen. ben ryan there, reporting on the scene. ben, thank you so much. monday marks 60 years since 250,000 people gathered on the national mall in washington on a hot summer s day in august 1963. activists, college students, lawmakers, families and civil rights leaders traveled by car, bus, train and on foot to participate in the march on washington forjobs and freedom. the march became a cornerstone event for the civil rights movement and a moment in american history. dr martin luther kinng delivered his celebrated i have a dream speech on the steps of the lincoln memorial. the day would end with a meeting between march leaders and presidentjohn f kennedy. the event marked the largest demonstration for human rights in us history and a display of unity among five of the nation s largest civil rights organisations. well, on saturday dr king s family and civil rights leaders gathered to mark 60 years since that first mar
in washington on a hot summer s day in august 1963. activists, college students, lawmakers, families and civil rights leaders traveled by car, bus, train and on foot to participate in the march on washington forjobs and freedom. the march became a cornerstone event for the civil rights movement and a moment in american history. dr martin luther kinng delivered his celebrated i have a dream speech on the steps of the lincoln memorial. the day would end with a meeting between march leaders and presidentjohn f kennedy. the event marked the largest demonstration for human rights in us history and a display of unity among five of the nation s largest civil rights organisations. well, on saturday dr king s family and civil rights leaders gathered to mark 60 years since that first march in 1963. it comes as some fear civil rights are being eroded in the united states. dr king s granddaughter yolanda renee king spoke at saturday s gathering, telling the crowd of thousands the fight is still
a meeting everyb weekend and sa heil hitler and people s minds can be poisoned and polluted. it s not just african-americans. you have the tree of life synagogue where there was a massacre. two augusts ago it was el paso, texas and two dozen latinos were gunned down, people of a latin descent were gunned down. this is a toxic hatred. i was very encouraged to see the anti-defamation league put out a joint statement with dr. king s family and al sharpton both condemning what happened, racial violence and swastikas, going after people using those symbols. there is solidarity for these communities under the gun but my plea to people watching this is
seliver his celebrated i have a dream speech on the steps of the lincoln memorial. today king s family, civil rights leaders and members of the public are gathering to mark the anniversary, which was the largest demonstration for human rights in us history and a display of unity among five of the nation s largest civil rights organisations. let s speak to dr shabna begum, co ceo of the runnymede trust. thank you for coming on the programme. 60 years on, what do you think the relevance is of that speech today? think the relevance is of that speech today? think the relevance is of that seech toda ? . ,, . ., speech today? that speech and the wider movement speech today? that speech and the wider movement it speech today? that speech and the wider movement it was speech today? that speech and the wider movement it was symbolic i speech today? that speech and the l wider movement it was symbolic and part of is hugely significant, both for american history, but also for british h
on the national mall in washington, dc, and heard reverend dr martin luther kinng deliver his celebrated i have a dream speech on the steps of the lincoln memorial. this is the scene live in washington, six decades on from the original speech. this is the seen live in washington. today mr king s family, civil rights leaders and members of the public are gathering to mark the anniversary, which was the largest demonstration for human rights in us history and a display of unity among five of the nation s largest civil rights organisations. this is the seen live in washington. looking now at the lasting legacy of those famous words. the speech itself was part of a much wider civil rights movement, as we well know, which was campaigning for the end to segregation, as well as and what