Genesis of the March on Washington

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Author Message   Yvettep AALBC .com Platinum Poster Username: Yvettep Post Number: 3136 Registered: 01-2005 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 01:03 pm:        This is part of NPR's series about the intersections of race and politics n the US: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93737975. I especially enjoyed the program, "How The Only Coup D'Etat In U.S. History Unfolded": http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93615391 When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his thunderous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington 45 years ago this week, he did so before the largest political gathering the nation had ever seen. Hundreds of thousands of people had descended on the capital for an event that would later be recognized as the tipping point in the fight for civil rights. What's often overlooked is the fact that the march was supposed to have taken place more than 20 years earlier... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93857576&ft=1&f=1015   Chrishayden "Cyniquian" Level Poster Username: Chrishayden Post Number: 7354 Registered: 03-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!) Posted on Monday, August 25, 2008 - 11:26 am:        Ah, I was about to ask you for an update on the goings on at (N)atural (P)oobutt (R)adio. Thank you. How is Farrad "No Soul" Jiddea?