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29 Aug, 2011

MLK memorial is a testament to King’s victory over the defiant – Washington Post

Sunday marks the 48th anniversary of the historic 1963 March on Washington. It is fitting that we recall what that day did and did not produce.

Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech did not spark an “aha” moment, causing the South to repudiate segregation in all its ugly forms. Neither did the march ignite an “Arab Spring” in America in which a majority of white Southerners launched revolutionary waves of strikes, demonstrations and rallies against the homegrown system of racial inequality festering in their midst.

via MLK memorial is a testament to King’s victory over the defiant – The Washington Post.