The 50th Anniversary of The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

August 28, 2013 marked the 50^th anniversary of the March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his historic I Have a Dream speech. The original March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was broadcast in its entirety (fifteen hours) by The Educational Radio Network (ERN) the fore runner to NPR. While WGBH of Boston presented the original broadcast in real time on the 50^th anniversary, NPR broadcast live from the Lincoln Memorial. (more…)