Saturday, August 31, 2013

A Room of My Own: Fifty Years Later

the Global March
on Washington
a fleeting dream, and yet...

I have a dream...
hooded black teens sing
with their hands

paper butterfly
from her small brown hand
summer dream

2 comments:

  1. Below are the links to Democracy Now! episodes about the March on Washington:

    Historian Taylor Branch on the March on Washington and the Kennedys’ Aversion to Dr. King’s Struggle


    http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/29/historian_taylor_branch_on_the_march

    Civil Rights Pioneer Gloria Richardson, 91, on How Women Were Silenced at 1963 March on Washington

    http://www.democracynow.org/2013/8/27/civil_rights_pioneer_gloria_richardson_91
    50th Anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington

    For more information, visit
    http://www.democracynow.org/special/50th_anniversary_of_the_march_on

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  2. Blow is a New York Time editorial published today:
    Labor, Then and Now by THE EDITORIAL BOARD

    From the March on Washington to the fast-food strikes, workers have fought for a decent living, but little progress has been made.

    Read the full text here, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/01/opinion/sunday/labor-then-and-now.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20130901&_r=0

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