March on Washington's 50th anniversary commemoration draws tens of thousands (MLK III)

CBS News ^ | August 24, 2013 | Jake Miller

[2ndDivisionVet]

Tens of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 March on Washington, listening as political and civil rights leaders reflected on the legacy of racial progress over the last half-century and urged Americans to press forward in pursuit of King's dream of equality.

The event, which was sponsored by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network, Martin Luther King III and the NAACP, featured a roster of speakers, including King, Sharpton, Attorney General Eric Holder, Newark Mayor Cory Booker and Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga. They spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where 50 years ago this month King delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

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The task is not done, the journey is not complete," he said. "The vision preached by my father a half-century ago was that his four little children would no longer live in a nation where they would judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

"However, sadly, the tears of Trayvon Martin's mother and father remind us that, far too frequently, the color of one's skin remains a license to profile, to arrest and to even murder with no regard for the content of one's character," he said, calling for "stand your ground" self-defense laws to be repealed in states where they have been enacted.....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Did you really think they wouldn't bring up Trayvon?

[IbJensen]

Good place to stay away from.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

MLK was a true leader for blacks. He didn’t march for money or glory like today’s pimps.

[clintonh8r]

"Hey! Gitcher Tray-Von t-shirts! Gitcher tray-Von T-shirts right hee-ya!"

[Jane Long]

Any aerial pics of these “tens of thousands”, yet?

[stormhill]

Really impressive though that Al Sharpton, Cory Booker, NAACP, Eric Holder, etc. could collectively attract, what, 20,000 people? (Isn’t that number what the media means by “tens of thousands”?)

[Iron Munro]

The "Feral Sons Of Barack" March On The Capitol

[mass55th]

Saw an aerial photo posted at a Drudge link. It sure didn't look like tens of thousands to me. You'll have to scroll down the article to get to the photo:

Photo

[clintonh8r]

“Tens of thousands”.....So I’m supposed to be impressed with “tens of thousands” of blacks in a city with a black population of something more than 300,000? I’d say that’s a pretty paltry turnout.

[IronJack]

It’s also the annual celebration of Jesse Jackson’s and Al Sharpton’s “I Have A Scheme” speech.

[Feckless]

Tens of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall Saturday

You can bet it wasn't a Job Fair.....

[humblegunner]

Maybe someone will write about it on Facebook and be a REAL leader.

[knarf]

MASSIVE crowd

[Jane Long]

Yep...sure doesn't look like "tens of thousands" to me, either. The description at the link says ...A massive crowd...

Here's a pic of Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor gathering...of which the media (who dared to report on it) claimed only "several hundred" attended.

[Fu-fu2]

I was in the crowd of about a million on Sept. 10, 2009 to protest Obamacare. It barely got a mention by the media.

[clintonh8r]

I suspect the mediots and “security” outnumber the participants.

[Fightin Whitey]

You can bet it wasn't a Job Fair.....

You can bet it will be a damned mess when it's over too.

[chasio649]

MLK was quite the unifier.....he loved him some white womernz!

[stormhill]

After the Restoring Honor, I stayed back strolling the grounds and except for one plastic water bottle, there was no trash left behind at all. An astonishing sight considering the vast crowd.
And, yes, all the estimates fell absurdly short.

[Dawgreg]

You got that right!