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Article: `Redeem The Dream' March Stirs A New Generation To Achieve Dr. King's Vision.(Brief Article)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- September 18, 2000
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Thirty-seven years later, the son of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood where his father stood and repeated his father's challenge to the conscience of America: "I dare you to fulfill the dream."
This time it was a new grievance that brought tens of thousands to the foot of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Organizers of the "Redeem the Dream" said the rally drew about 100,000 people.
This time racial profiling and police brutality were laid before the country as the issues of concern.
The gathering replicated the 1963 March on Washington that brought more than a quarter of a million protesters to demand that the government take note ...
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