Article 6E7XK 60 Years After "I Have a Dream": Gary Younge on MLK's March on Washington & the Fight for Racial Justice

60 Years After "I Have a Dream": Gary Younge on MLK's March on Washington & the Fight for Racial Justice

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After thousands gathered Saturday in Washington, D.C., to mark the 60th anniversary of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic I Have a Dream" speech at the 1963 March on Washington, we speak with Gary Younge, author of The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream. There is this notion of King's dream speech as being folded into America's liberal mythology: America is always getting better, it's always getting more wonderful," says Younge, who wrote his book on the speech to reflect America's current struggle with white supremacy and attacks on people of color. As things can go forwards, so can they go backwards."

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