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1963 March on Washington: "Whole World in His Hands" Speeches and Spirituals
August 28, 1963
John Lewis US Representative, D-GA [homepage]
Floyd McKissic Racial Equality Congress [homepage]
Whitney M. Young executive director, National Urban League [homepage]
Marian Anderson singer [homepage]
Rabbi Joachim Prinz president, American Jewish Congress [homepage]

In 1963, WGBH 89.7 broadcast the entire event as part of the National Educational Radio Network, the precursor to NPR.

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Generations of Social Justice
Xernona Clayton
00:29:24
This program invites two individuals, Xerona Clayton who worked with Dr Martin Luther King 50 years ago and today is the president of the foundation that presents the Trumpet Awards, a prestigious award ceremony which recognizes African American accomplishments and is sponsored by the Turner Broadca
Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Town Hall: Part I
Malik Neal
00:50:40
CSI:NY's Hill Harper and filmmaker Gary Ross join local students and a panel of esteemed local experts for a timely Town Hall Meeting entitled, "Lincoln, Douglass and the Transformative Power of Words." The event seeks to underscore the importance of education in the lives of Abraham Lincol
US Supreme Court and Race
Randall Kennedy
01:07:00
Two Harvard legal scholars discuss the complex and often misunderstood history of how decisions by the United States Supreme Court have affected the legal status of racial minorities in America, and ask if the Supreme Court has been a friend or a foe to African Americans.
Isabel Wilkerson: Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson
00:55:23
Pulitzer Prize--winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson discusses her first book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration.
Securing the Common Good in a time of Global Crises
Ban Ki-moon
01:11:00
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls for the international community to move quickly and boldly in addressing urgent global challenges.
African Meeting House Rededication Ceremony, Boston, Part 1
Beverly Morgan-Welch
00:54:54
The African Meeting House, located in Beacon Hill, Boston, was built in 1806 by skilled African-American craftsmen, and was the center of Boston's African-American community for nearly one hundred years.
Image of Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement
Author: John Lewis, Michael D'Orso
Publisher: Mariner Books (1999)
Binding: Paperback, 496 pages
Image of My Lord, What a Morning: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Music in American Life)
Author: Marian Anderson
Publisher: University of Illinois Press (2002)
Binding: Paperback, 352 pages
Image of Spirituals
Manufacturer: RCA
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Price: $8.99
Image of Marian Anderson: A Portrait in Music
Director:
Starring: Marian Anderson
Rating: NR (Not Rated)

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