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If it was fiercely then urgent, it certainly is now. 50 years ago there were only five africanamerican members of the house of representatives. There was no congressional black cauc caucus. Today there are 43 members. We want more but there are 43. Theyre led by congresswoman marsha fudge who you heard from and they are the conscience of the congress. In that blauk caucus we have the privilege of serving with john lewis, some of us for over 25 years in the congress, and arent we proud of that. I also want to mention that 50 years ago, though he was not a member of congress at the time that john conyers was one of three people invited to the white house to meet with president john f. Kennedy following the civil rights march, the march for jobs, justice and freedom, who is with us. 50 years ago we had the first catholic president in the white house. Today we have the first africanamerican president and the first africanamerican first family leading our country so beautifully from the whi ....
Speech as well, sylvia lieberman was 22 years old when she came to march in 1963. now retired philadelphia public school teacher, and reporter tremaine lee is here who road the about us from florida with a handful of dream defenders, some young people that came to the march this year, we have seen lots of young people. sylvia, let me start with you. then and now. similarities and differences. the similarities were the same in that the focus was then on the need for equal quality education in order to equalize the future for all students. it hasn t changed. it is still the same. it hasn t really gotten too much, too advanced in the 50 ....
Employment is narrowing. no. we re not going anywhere near where i hope we would be. nowhere. sylvia lieberman, thank you so much for your time and tremaine lee, thank you for your insight. you re looking at live pictures, washington, d.c., right side of your screen of course, the iconic lincoln memorial and left side of the screen some of the folks who have come from all over this country to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the march on washington. [ male announcer ] running out of steam? ....
0 but williams. you happened to be here on that day, for the first time visiting your sister. you didn t know you would be witnessing history. did not know. it was just a thing the kids in the neighborhood, we all came down and we were here and climbed in the trees you told me as you said earlier you were climbing the tree to be part of it and you were one of the foot soldsers for many years and as you looked around this crowd today, what is it this mean to you to witness the people that have gathered here to be a part of it? i am so glad to see so many young people because that s what we need right now. we need more young people out there in front of this, 50 years and still a lot to do. i appreciate your being with us, mr. williams, right now. you can see as we look forward there is jill lourie there and so many people that witnessed history firsthand as they pass now for the first time by the monument, the memorial that honors the life of martin luther king. a big thanks ....