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Beautiful Day for a March!
Last edited Sun Aug 25, 2013, 09:42 AM - Edit history (6)
Post Local ?@postlocal
The Lincoln Memorial at sunrise ahead of March on Washington events. http://wapo.st/17SG6ZM pic.twitter.com/YbOr5Jlk26
Greg Carr ?@AfricanaCarr 1h
Thousands of @HowardU folks hit the Washington mall. March on! pic.twitter.com/JXQgEU0rfo
Natl Urban League ?@NatUrbanLeague 1h
#IWillStand4 empowerment. pic.twitter.com/o8xoPxWGTR
Natl Urban League ?@NatUrbanLeague 1h
We are just passing the The Washington Monument. Come join this historic march with us. pic.twitter.com/4wPV459JBl
pic.twitter.com/FsGXCEgw3A
Donna Brazile ?@donnabrazile 6m
More buses dropping off marchers. #mlkdream50 #AdvancingTheDream #50thanniversary pic.twitter.com/mLi7PcGLeG
@NatUrbanLeague pic.twitter.com/UzGoq24Cnq
Protestors march through the Loop to call attention to the high number of homicides against young people in the city on July 27, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago had more than 500 homicides last year, more than any other city in the nation. Black men in their teens and twenties made up the largest group of homicde victims in the city. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Students of Howard University march from campus to the Lincoln Memorial to participate in the Realize the Dream Rally for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
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TheObamaDiary.com ?@TheObamaDiary 45s
50 Years On, Rep. John Lewis: pic.twitter.com/8LtbphAWkg
Rev. Al Sharpton links arms with Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), as they are joined by other civil rights activists and politicians to march during the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial
Donna Brazile ?@donnabrazile 2m
Happy 50th March on Washington pic.twitter.com/QgqKlK8CYE
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TOD: Marchers clasp hands in prayer during the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington August 24
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Maybe two. Socialist represent! 
Glad to see so many people taking to the streets again. 
member for 30+ years
into socialists of one sort or another before it's over with. That's the system.
"Marching in spirit."
Beautiful day for the attendees!
Hope you put up more of this later in the day.
With all of you in spirit. Hope all will be well.
@NancyPelosi at #MOW50: "when #womensucceed America succeeds: when people of color succeed America succeeds"
Matthew Keys ?@MatthewKeysLive 8m
Martin Luther King III: "We know that the Dream is far from being realized." - http://bit.ly/NXWTni
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017140696
(Chorus)
I've got a dream and I can't get rid of it,
I believe in every bit of it,
Been stuck inside of me,
Ever since 1963
(Chorus)
I've got a dream and I can't get rid of it,
I believe in every bit of it,
Been stuck inside of me,
Ever since 1963
sfpelosi ?@sfpelosi 2m
#AdvancingTheDream for Trayvon and Emmett ... The Martin and Till families together #MOW50 pic.twitter.com/skZSBQKTKe
William Allison, 92, came to today’s march with the same sign he marched with in 1963? (Washington Post)
http://theobamadiary.com/2013/08/24/the-march-on-washington-the-speeches/
thanks for the OP, bigtree!
Edit: forgot to add the info regarding Mr Allison!
