as the great chronic l ler of those years, taylor branch, wrote, the movement here gained a force to open, quote, the stubborn gates of freedom, and out flowed the civil rights act, the voting rights act, immigration reform, medicare, medicaid, open housing. it is well to remember that the leaders and the foot soldiers here were both idealists and tough realists. they had to be. it was a violent time. just three months later we lost president kennedy. and we thank god that president johnson came in and fought for all those issues i just mentioned. just five years later we lost senator kennedy. in between there was the carnage of the fight for jobs, freedom, and equality. just 18 days after this march,
as the great chronicler of those years, taylor branch, wrote, the movement here gained the force to open, quote, the stubborn gates of freedom. and outflowed the civil rights act, the voting rights act, immigration reform, medicare, medicaid, open housing. it is well to remember that the leaders and the foot soldiers here were both idealists and tough realists. they had to be. it was a violent time. just three months later, we lost president kennedy. and we thank god that president johnson came in and fought for all those issues i just mentioned. just five years later, we lost senator kennedy. and in between, there was the carnage of the fight for jobs, freedom and equality.