#mow50

[socialistworker]

A teacher in Rhode Island talks about his experiences at the March on Washington and what he learned from them.

[thinkbeyondbars]

Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream of equality. We have a new dream: to end mass incarceration.

Visit: http://ourturntodream.org

[itp-photography]

It wasn't much to capture except for documenting the event.  So here's a few shots from the March on Washington 50th Anniversary.  PART 1

[thecastleofmyskin]

"We are the advance guard of a massive moral revolution for jobs and freedom. This revolution reverberates throughout the land, touching every village where black men are segregated, oppressed and exploited." - A. Philip Randolph at the 1963 March on Washington

[curtbrown]

In honour of the March on Washington celebrations this week...

With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.

Martin Luther King Jr., "I Have a Dream"

[teapartycat]

Sen. Tim Scott: "I should've been asked to speak at the March on Washington, even though I haven't done shit for civil rights, because, well, you know."

[thegetty]

Weekend Book Bite!

This is the Day: The March on Washington by Leonard Freed

In light of the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, check out this photo-essay of never before published work by Leonard Freed with contextual essays by Julian Bond, Michael Eric Dyson and Paul Farber. 

"Freed's aroach was both site-specific and historically conscious...While attending the March on Washington, Freed sought images in which he coudl bring the marchers and the layers of their social landscape into a shared frame." —Paul Farber, In Leonard Freed's Footsteps

All images © Estate of Leonard Freed—Magnum Photos (Brigitte Freed)