to be here to rededicate ourselves to finishing your work and realising your dream. so the attendees today, thousands of them here at the lincoln memorial, they listened to a series of speakers, not only family members of dr martin luther king but a variety of civil rights leaders across the movement. following that, they marched from here to the mlk memorial, really a sign that they are recommitting themselves to working towards some of these goals. and natalie, i know that as part of your reporting on the 60th anniversary of the march on washington you haven tjust been speaking to people there. you ve also been sitting down with people who were there in 1963. they were listening to dr king s i have a dream speech. what have they been telling you about their memories of that day? yes, well, they re all still
well, helena, i can say what s striking about today is just the number of generations represented at this march. we spoke to a 92 year old woman who was here 60 years ago to be at the very first march on washington and hear dr king s i have a dream speech in person, and today she returned with four generations, going down to a great granddaughter, just one year old. so that really speaks to the number of generations involved in this continuing movement, and that s another theme that we heard today across all the speakers. that is that the work continues, it s not done. dr martin luther king jr s dream has not fully been realised, and the march towards progress continues. and we also heard from his granddaughter.
marking the 60th anniversary of a civil rights march where the i have a dream speech was delivered by martin luther king jr. and fifa suspends spain s soccer chief over world cup final kiss, as coaching staff resign. hello, i m helena humphrey. we begin in the us state of florida, where three people are dead in what authorities are calling a racially motivated mass shooting. we ve just heard that president biden has been briefed on the situation. the attack took place at a discount store in the city of jacksonville. the city s sheriff says the suspected shooter was a white male in his 20s, who turned the gun on himself. he killed two women and one man, all black, with no other injuries reported. the gunman was carrying a handgun and an ar is style
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 travelled 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 king jr 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 t
at the very first march on washington and hear dr king s i have a dream speech in person, and today she returned with four generations, going down to a great granddaughter, just one year old. so that really speaks to the number of generations involved in this continuing movement, and that s another theme that we heard today across all the speakers. that is that the work continues, its not done. dr martin luther king jr s dream has not fully been realised, and the march towards progress continues. and we also heard from his granddaughter. you played a clip of 15 year old yolanda king. she also said she would tell her grandfather, i m sorry that we still have