President Obama Marks 50th Anniversary of March on Washington
President Obama. (Photo: White House livestream)
President Barack Obama has linked the ongoing struggle for economic equality in American with the goals of the 1963 March on Washington, in a speech marking its 50th anniversary.
Obama also linked his own rise to the White House with the efforts of civil rights protesters.
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