I can almost hear my father harken that anthem of the movement. People, get ready. Theres a train acoming we must say, wake up, america, wake up in selma, alabama, the right to vote. But we want to be free now i am not going to stand by and let the Supreme Court take the right to vote away from us we have to fight for our children. I encourage all of you to keep dr. Martin luther king jr. s dream alive. Where are the women that need to be acknowledged in this movement . Dont you ever think that men like medgar evers died to give you the right to be a hoodlum. Yes, we can because, yes, we did i have a dream that we shall overcome. Free at last, free at last, thank god almighty, we are free at last. Not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream today an historic day here on the mall in our nations capital, marking the 50th anniversary of the march on washington for jobs and freedom. In 1963, more than 200,000 people of all ages, races, sexes, and s
0 present. one of those continuing dr. king s work is his son, dr. martin luther king iii, reflecting earlier on how much work we still have to do to achieve his father s vision from 50 years ago. let s take a listen. the vision preached by my father a half century ago was that his four little children would one day live in a nation where they would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. however, sadly, the tears of trayvon martin s mother and father remind us that far too frequently, the color of one s skin remains a license to profile, to arrest, and to even murder with no regard for the content of one s character. let s bring in our guests this afternoon. stan was here 50 years ago as a member of the original local organizing committee for the march in 19 63. he s also the author of the edge of politics. edith lee payne attended the march on her 12th birthday 50 years ago with her mother. this iconic photo of her as a young girl will d