00:59USA: Protesters march for Luther Kings' dream
USA: Protesters march for Luther Kings' dream
Nearly 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr's historic "I have a Dream" speech, tens of thousands of Americans converged on the National Mall Saturday, to hear activists speak on contemporary issues from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Marchers rallied around calls for change on issues including immigration reform, gay rights and gender equality. For many at the march, the issues raised by King 50 years ago still resonate today.
Civil rights leader Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, King's oldest son, organised the march, which started at the Lincoln Memorial before heading to the Washington Monument. Speakers at the event included members of Trayvon Martin's family, the teenager shot dead by a neighbourhood watchman in Florida in February 2012.
King delivered his seminal speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.
00:59USA: Protesters march for Luther Kings' dream
Nearly 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr's historic "I have a Dream" speech, tens of thousands of Americans converged on the National Mall Saturday, to hear activists speak on contemporary issues from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Marchers rallied around calls for change on issues including immigration reform, gay rights and gender equality. For many at the march, the issues raised by King 50 years ago still resonate today.
Civil rights leader Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, King's oldest son, organised the march, which started at the Lincoln Memorial before heading to the Washington Monument. Speakers at the event included members of Trayvon Martin's family, the teenager shot dead by a neighbourhood watchman in Florida in February 2012.
King delivered his seminal speech at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.