While much of the media emphasis today has been on the bamboozler on the Mall, I've spent the afternoon watching the "Reclaim the Dream" rally and march which was being broadcast live on C-Span, and is now being re-run.
http://www.c-span.org/...
The Washington Post and The Root have covered it with updates.
There has been a long list of speakers - and all were kept to about 3 minutes.
The rally took place at historic Dunbar High School in DC.
What was uplifting for me - was to see the young people who were there, and the emphasis on education. There were also speakers from unions, from The National Council of La Raza, from black LGBTQ groups, from black churches, fraternities and sororities.
The crowd was attentive and supportive. There were veterans of the Civil rights Movement who attended the original March, and many more who were not even born.
I hope you will take a look at the coverage, and listen to the voices from the predominantly black crowd.
All were clear about one thing - we are still on the path laid out by Dr. King. We have a dream to reclaim and we have to keep on fighting to make it a reality.
Would love to hear from anyone who attended, or from those of you who watched it live.
Update 1:
Just found this video
People are beginning to upload videos from the event - will keep adding them as I find them. This one has interviews with attendees:
whoknu posted some great MLK quotes in comments:
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
— Martin Luther King Jr.
and Diogenes2008 added:
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Rev. Al pointed out quite clearly that though Beck may be paying lip service to MLK the man, he has totally ignored the message of Dr King's speech - civil rights and human rights and the need for activism to achieve them.