Thousands have gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in the nation’s capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech.
All of King’s children have been invited to meet with Biden, White House officials said.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 'I have a dream’ speech helped set the tone for the March on Washington and generations to come. News4's Shawn Yancy spoke with Martin Luther King III about whether his father's dream has been realized. The voting rights marches from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama, in which marchers were brutally beaten while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in what became known as “Bloody Sunday,” forced Congress to adopt the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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