On Wednesday, August 28th, U.S. President Barack Obama commemorated the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, speaking on the very steps where the Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
Acknowledging that a great deal of progress has been made in the struggle to achieve racial equality over the last 50 years, Obama also maintained that much work remains to be done.
""To dismiss the magnitude of this progress—to suggest, as some sometimes do, that little has changed—that dishonors the courage and the sacrifice of those who paid the price to march in those years," Obama said on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. "But we would dishonor those heroes as well to suggest that the work of this nation is somehow complete." The crowd seemed to agree. Dr. King's dream, many contended, is still a work in progress. When asked what they considered the most difficult aspect of living out King's Dream today, participants cited barriers ranging from racism to lack of economic opportunity to general complacency.
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What's Hard About Living the Dream in 2013?
September 2, 2013
On Wednesday, August 28th, U.S. President Barack Obama commemorated the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, speaking on the very steps where the Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
Acknowledging that a great deal of progress has been made in the struggle to achieve racial equality over the last 50 years, Obama also maintained that much work remains to be done.
""To dismiss the magnitude of this progress—to suggest, as some sometimes do, that little has changed—that dishonors the courage and the sacrifice of those who paid the price to march in those years," Obama said on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. "But we would dishonor those heroes as well to suggest that the work of this nation is somehow complete." The crowd seemed to agree. Dr. King's dream, many contended, is still a work in progress. When asked what they considered the most difficult aspect of living out King's Dream today, participants cited barriers ranging from racism to lack of economic opportunity to general complacency.
