Peter Sussman recalls the bus ride to the March and how the crowd made him feel. Continue reading
George Raveling, "in the right place at the right time," owns and protects the actual physical speech that Martin Luther King, Jr., read that day. He recalls hearing Kennedy ask MLK not to speak at the March. Continue reading
Sasha Reuther, the great-nephew of former UAW head Walter Reuther, describes how labor and civil rights came to be connected. Continue reading
Senator Harris Wofford Anecdote discusses how Kennedy and MLK were both pleased with the outcome of the March. Continue reading
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton talks about the different struggles African Americans faced that led to the March on Washington. Continue reading
SNCC activist Joyce Ladner describes how a few of her fellow hard-core members of the movement shared a special moment after the March and before returning to work for civil rights in the South. Continue reading
Clayborne Carson, the director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research Center at Stanford, describes the lack of African American power at the time and role the March has had on his life. Continue reading
Martin Luther King Jr. on the day after his now famous "I Have a Dream" speech and the March on Washington. Continue reading
Janice Ferebee describes her father's experiences of the March as a proud union member. Continue reading
Janice Ferebee's father attended the March with other members of his union. She remembers helping him get ready and the message he gave her about the March. Continue reading