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August 26, 2013

Tens of Thousands Mark 50th Anniversary of March for Jobs and Freedom 
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Tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to
mark the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and
Freedom, originally held on August 28, 1963. Democratic Rep. John Lewis
of Georgia, the only surviving speaker from the 1963 march, said the
struggle for racial and economic justice continues today.

Rep. John Lewis: "We are one people. We are one family. We are one
house. We all live in the same house. So I say to you, my brothers and
sisters, we cannot give up. We cannot give out. We cannot give in. We
must get out there and push and pull."

 

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