listen up. one of the things that my father was really trying to say not just 50 years ago but 50 years ago, 49, 48, 47, all the way, 45 when he was as isnated, he was really speaking to us about our humanity. and understanding our interconnectedness and interrelatedness. that is why he talked about sitting down at the table of brotherhood. in other words, us understanding that we are one huge human family. yes, there are a lot of different races but we are a human family. that is why he talked about not judging by the color of the skin but the content of the character. reporter: just as interesting as the march itself in 1963, was the anticipation in the city of the march. washington was really a city on edge. a personal aside, i am a native washingtonian. alive and well, i was nine years old when the march
in particular the government of egypt, these were likely to be the places, that christians would suffer the most under. it s to everyone s surprise the egypt government failed to protect the churches. the military currently offered to rebuild the churches. where so far nothing is done to protect churches. no one has opened investigation. a very tough situation, as i understand it. one of the churches there decided not to hold prayer service for first time since the year 1600. unbelievable. thank you for joining us today. appreciate your insight. thank you for having me. uma: back in this country , the manhunt continues at this hour for the second suspect in a brutal death of a world warii veteran in spokane, washington. they believe 16-year-old trying to rob 88-year-old delbert belton. the 88-year-old was sitting in
at least 30 people have been injured. it is time for a story you at home picked as you play show producer. you pick underwater b-day bash. happy belated birthday to the little mermaid. fans around the world celebrating by dressing up like mermaids nearly 1 million visitors paying tribute to the statue that honors the fairy tale writer hasn t christian anderson. if you had a chance to visit the statue it brings alive a story of a sea king s daughter that pauls in love with a prince. don t worry if your favorite wasn t picked. we will feature all of them on our web page. that will do it for me in d.c. we will have more from new york. special coverage of the 50th anniversary of the march on washington continues throughout this day on the fox news channel. we invite you to stay tuned for 5:00 p.m. for a very interesting
happened. back then, it was a deeply segregated city. still largely segregated but it was deeply entrismed back then. in my neighborhood, northwest dc in the dog days of summer before the school started. running around the neighborhood woods barefoot with my friends there was talk about what might happen in washington. what parents were preparing to do to leave the city, if someone came in their neighborhood, if they would be prepared for that. that reflected the official washington sentiment as well. the metropolitan police force was called out in force. everybody was on duty. the national guard was called up. j. ed guard hoover succeeded in planting moles in the civil right movement. he was convinced there was a communist influence and had evidence it was communist conspiracy. president kennedy refused to meet with member of the civil rights movement in advance of the speech that day. he did meet them as the march was ongoing. he was afraid if he met with
them in advance of the march, they would put demands on him. that was the atmosphere in washington at the time. quick aside for you, uma, the night before the march, civil rights organizers had succeeded in getting a really good sound system. which you needed for a crowd that size. on the night before the march, the sound system was broken apart. it was vandalized. walter fon taberoy, later became walter fonteroy, later became the delegate to congress approached the government and said you need to get the sound system prepared because we don t know what will happen if people cannot hear the speeches from the lincoln memorial. he pushed and prodded the federal government to repair it. that night the army corps of engineers prepared the sound system and the rest is history. back to you. uma: wow! fascinating reflections on this pivotal moment in history. doug mckelway, thank you very much. yeah. uma: this note for our viewers. you can see all of today s march on washington event