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‘STILL NOT FREE’
will observe the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
for “Jobs and Freedom,” and in
advance of that milestone, new
questions are being asked about
whether African Americans have
much more of either than they did
on Aug. 28, 1963.
If Dr. King were alive today,
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what would he say on the steps of
the Lincoln Memorial as he surveyed the scene?
“He would say that we are freer
but less equal,” said Jackson. “He
would remind us of what he said
back then, which is that the allies
who joined us to oppose barbarity
will not necessarily be our allies
for equality.”
Measured against the arc of
American history, which includes
Rev. Dr.
Martin Luther
King, Jr.,
delivers his
iconic “I Have
a Dream”
speech before
thousands in
Washington,
D.C., in 1963.