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This is a documentary on the 1983 March On Washington, which commemorated the 20th Anniversary of the 1963 March On Washington. It is narrated and hosted by Sheila Banks. The middle section of the program revolves around the 1963 March On Washington. Various segments of the march and its' speakers are shown, including Dr. Martin Luther King during his notorious, "I Have A Dream Speech."

Leaders of the Collation of Consciousness, Martin Luther King Jr., A. Philip Randolph, Whitney Young, Roy Wilkins and Walter Ruther are shown marching in Washington D.C. in, what was to become known as, the 1963 March On Washington. Additional footage shows thousands of supporters marching and gathering around the Washington Monument.

Universal newsreel shows marchers arriving in a train yard and being transported to the Washington Monument by school buses

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Joseph Rauh, Civil Rights Activist, is interviewed. Rev. Joseph Lowery, of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, continues interview

Various scenes of footage from the March on Washington show protesters gathered around the front side of the Lincoln Memorial. Thousands and thousands of individuals lining the sides of the Reflecting Poll all the way back to the Washington Monument.

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Joseph Rauh, Civil Rights Activist, is interviewed. Interview with Coretta Scott King. Interview with U.S. Rep. Walter Fauntroy

Dr. King delivering the I Have a Dream speech requires the express written consent of the King Estate in Atlanta. Martin Luther King Jr. giving "I Have A Dream Speech." Scattered into the footage of the speech are crowd shots showing the reaction of his supporters. "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together." edit "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today." edit "when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!""

Joseph Rauh continues his interview

The leaders of the Collation of Consciousness went to meet with President Kennedy. Footage shows them within the Oval Office with the President

Joseph Rauh continues his interview. He discusses the impact the March on Washington had on political legislation.

Sheila Banks, reporter

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1968 Riots after MLK assassination.

Joseph Rauh continues his interview.