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8:07-8:20 40 Years After Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Gave His “I Have a Dream” Speech His Son Leads
a Mass Rally to Commemorate the March on Washington
INTRO: On August 28, 1963 a crowd of more than 250,000 people
gathered in Washington, D.C. and marched to the Capitol Building
to support the passing of laws that guaranteed every American
equal civil rights. We speak with Martin Luther King III who
is leading a mass rally at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial
to mark the 40th anniversay of the historic march.
On August 28, 1963, a crowd of more than 250,000 people gathered
in Washington, D.C. and marched to the Capitol Building to
support the passing of laws that guaranteed every American
equal civil rights. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was at the
front of the "March on Washington."
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial that day, Dr. King delivered
a speech that was later entitled "I Have a Dream."
The March was one of the largest gatherings of black and white
people that the nation's capital had ever seen. No violence
occurred.
August 27, 1963 on the eve of the March, civil rights leader
W.E.B. duBois died in Ghana. He was the author of more than
20 books, two novels, a play and numerous articles and essays
and was a leading supporter of socialism and pan-Africanism.
The 1963 march was put together to draw attention to black
unemployment and discrimination and a civil-rights bill that
outlawed segregation in businesses and public places, and
employment discrimination. The bill was passed in 1964.
Aside from the crowd and the international attention it garnered,
the march was highlighted by King's speech. Among other things,
he expressed hope that racial harmony could be accomplished
and that children "will not be judged by the color of
their skin but by the content of their character."
On April 4, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated
while he was leading a workers' strike in Memphis, Tennessee.
To mark the 40th anniversary of the march, Dr. King’s
son, Martin Luther King III will lead a coalition of over
100 labor, peace, justice and human rights groups to a mass
rally at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial this Saturday.
This will kick-off of a 15 month political action movement
against increased U.S. militarism, class warfare and the so-called
“war on terror”.
- Martin Luther King III, president of the Southern Christian
Leadership Conference.
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., speaking at the Lincoln Memorial
Aug. 28th, 1963 at “March on Washington.”
8:20-8:21 One Minute Music Break
8:21-8:58 Investigative Reporter Greg Palast on the
Real Reasons for Blackout 2003, Elections Past and Present
and Disenfranchised Voters
INTRO: Speaking at a WBAI-sponsored event in New York City,
Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, links
the cause for Blackout 2003 to a “dim bulb in the White
House.”
The New York Times in a front-page report yesterday said
that “three months before the blackout a report called
for Vigilance in a vulnerable region.” The North American
Electrical Reliability Council , an industry body singled
out the sections of the grid covering Ohio and other parts
of the Midwest, was particularly vulnerable to the kind of
‘cascading events’ that unfolded last Thursday.
Palast’s trenchant analysis of the blackout was the
primary subject of his speech in New York City on the 19th
of June at an event sponsored by Pacifica affiliate WBAI.
Addressing issues related to the US invasion of Iraq, Palast
quoted from a 101 page classified State Department document
and said it was “a plan for the post-conflict economy
of Iraq, written before we knew there was going to be a conflict
in Iraq and it has some very interesting statements including
this one at page 73 that the state department will approve
plans to support private sector involvement in strategic sectors
including privatization, asset sales, concessions, leases
and management contracts – especially those in the oil
and supporting industries, privatization of oil and supporting
industries , the sell off of Iraq’s oil fields- do not
destroy the wells." He added that, "I am not one
of those cynical people who says that we went into Iraq for
the oil, but we sure as hell are not leaving without it.”
- Greg Palast, author
of the The Best Democracy Money Can Buy speaking on Aug.
19th, 2003 at a WBAI-sponsored event. Palast is an investigative
reporter for the BBC and the Guardian of London.
8:58-8:59 Outro and Credits
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