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August 26th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda It was 50 years ago this month that Martin Luther King Jr. stood before millions of people gathered at the Washington Mall and delivered his most memorable and iconic speech. As it came to be called March on Washington, King’s speech is recognized as the emotional high point of 1963.
Millions of spectators filled buses and trains to get to the nation’s capital on a summer’s day in August to hear the words of King echo from the foot of the Lincoln Memorial—where he delivered his “poetic and passionate sermon”—while many others gather around their TV’s to witness the event. From civil rights activists to musicians, including Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, March on Washington was organized by a coalition of civil rights groups to help bring equality for all Americans.
Leading up to March on Washington there was much violence-taking place around the country, which made officials in Washington fearful of the event. Medgar Evers, a prominent civil rights leader from Mississippi, was assassinated two months earlier and there were many violent attacks on countless others, including children. While the government failed to cancel the event, they instead closed the bars and liquor stores throughout Washington, D.C. on the day of the event.
As King stood before millions of spectators and started to read the speech he struggled to write the night before, he diverted away from his words and started to preach. He began, “I have a dream…” His words not only moved people to tears, but it “electrified the crowd.”
From that day forth, King was transformed into a national leader and his speech progressed the fight for civil rights in America. His speech not only gave many people hope, but the following year, Congress passed President Kennedy’s civil rights legislation.
March on Washington was said to have inspired the masses and, at the time, encouraged U.S. citizens that democracy could work. But while things seemed to get worse before getting better, it is believed that 1963 was the year that changed America, both politically and culturally.
Source Article from http://www.nationofchange.org/50-year-anniversary-martin-luther-king-jr-s-iconic-speech-1377440236
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