60 Years After “I Have a Dream”: Gary Younge on MLK’s March on Washington & the Fight for Racial Justice

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60 Years After “I Have a Dream”: Gary Younge on MLK’s March on Washington & the Fight for Racial Justice

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Interview of Gary Younge, author of The Speech: The Story Behind Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream.

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Reverend Al Sharpton, during the 2023 March on Washington, said that sixty years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of a dream, and sixty years later, the people who are the dreamers are present. The problem is that the dreamers have to face the opposing camp who are the schemers.

Reverend Al Sharpton declared that the dreamers side defends LGBTQ rights; and that the schemers side is trying to make LGBTQ look like they are something that should not be tolerated in human society.

Reverend Al Sharpton said that the dreamers stand up for women’s right to choose; when the schemers advocate for abortion restrictions.

Reverend Al Sharpton declared that the Dreamers will win. He said the dreamers will stand up, and that black people, white people, Jews and LGBTQ people were the dreamers. He defined the dreamers as the children of the dream.

Reverend Al Sharpton said the dreamers were fighting for voting rights; when the schemers were changing voter regulations in states.

Reverend Al Sharpton said that it is a battle between the dreamers and the schemers, with the dreamers in Washington, D.C. and the schemers being arrested in Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Reverend Al Sharpton said the dreamers were fighting for voting rights; when the schemers were changing voter regulations in states.

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Reverend Al Sharpton said that the dreamers stand up for women’s right to choose; when the schemers advocate for abortion restrictions.

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