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lewis, not only the well known heroes of the civil rights movement but to all the ordinary americans who made it possible for so many of us to stand here today. and as i looked out on that crowd listening to christine king ferris and reverend lowery and congressman lewis, it was impossible not to appreciate just how much progress we ve made. it was impossible not to think of all the hearts that have been opened. they never gave up or give in. and as i said on that day, to dismiss the magnitude of that progress, to somehow suggest that little has changed dishonors the courage and sacrifice of all those who paid the price to march in those years.
in the voice of a young preacher, 40 years earlier standing at the lincoln memorial, summoning the nation to come up out of the valley of race and color to the higher ground of content of character. i heard those words while i stood there on that portico. america is going to one day let justice roll down like water. we ve come a long way. because everything has changed in spite of the fact that nothing has changed. reverend lowery, thank you so much. what a pleasure. you re welcome. thank you, thank you. and justice lowery one of the speakers today. stay with us, i ll speak to delegate holmes morton, another person who helped organize the 1963 march on washington. and later, can you imagine
organize the 1963 march on washington was the reverend joseph lowery. he is known today as the dean of civil rights. i got a chance to ask lowery about his memories of the march and his thoughts on the movement 50 years later. it was a beautiful experie e experience, black and white. we estimated maybe a fourth or more were white people, then we had brown people, red people, yellow people, and of course black people. and they came from all parts of the country. do you remember where you were in that crowd near that stage? no, i ve tried to find myself in several pictures, i haven t found myself yet. but i know i was there. we must not forget the message of the march. and that s why we re going back
that i didn t get to speak because every organization had one speaker. well, you re speaking tomorrow. martin and i have you on the program. i m going to give the whole sermon i planned to give if i had spoken back in 63. all right. martin, before we go, you had put out a book for children. and sunday after the march we ll go to the king memorial between 1:00 and 4:00 and you ll sign books for kids. yes. i don t like to do this, but i insisted you do this. all right. i have a children book entitled my daddy: dr. martin luther king jr. there are all sorts of historical books on dad s leadership and everything you can think of. but i m blessed to be one of his children. i write from that and lessons i learned at the age four through eight years old. we ll be signing at the memorial. dr. martin luther king iii and reverend joseph lowery. thank you both. coming up, thousands came from every corner of this country. black and white. to make history 50 years ago.