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Jobs, Peace, and Freedom, All Things Considered, 08/27/1983
In 1983, twenty years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, tens of thousands of people reconvened on the National Mall for the Jobs, Peace and Freedom March. March coordinators intended to rally a diverse group of people and causes to expand the fight for civil rights.
“20 years ago we came here, most of us was scared. We ain’t scared today, baby.”
-Dick Gregory
The digital preservation of this audio has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Researcher Laura Garbes contributed to this post.
Image: Jim Wilson / The Boston Globe / Getty Images / 1983.
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