US Civil Rights: the March on Washington

Published: Aug. 9, 2023, 11 p.m.

b'As well as being one of the largest protest marches ever staged, the 1963 March on Washington also made history as the setting for Martin Luther King Jr\\u2019s iconic \\u201cI Have a Dream\\u201d speech. In the third episode of our series charting the US Civil Rights movement, Rhiannon Davies speaks to biographer Jonathan Eig and historian Clayborne Carson to consider King\\u2019s seismic contribution to the movement and reflect on the march. For Clayborne, such reflections are personal, as he attended the protest as a 19-year-old student.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'