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<v ->At around nine or ten o'clock</v>

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the buses started pulling in from New York

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and the trains came from north and south.

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<v ->Young people, old people, gay people,</v>

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walking as if they were going to a big family reunion.

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<v ->250,000 people.</v>

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Comin' together, not one broken bottle,

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or anything that betrays what the march was all about.

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<v ->We had never tried this kind of march before.</v>

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This was a first iteration, international, nationwide

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demonstration that we tried.

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And I was a little worried that morning.

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We said, "Gee wiz, where is everybody?"

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But by 11 o'clock,

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the place was jumpin'.

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<v ->The march started about noon,</v>

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and Martin didn't get up until after six o'clock to speak.

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But it was obvious that everybody

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was waiting there to hear him.

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<v ->Well, most people remember the</v>

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a little before the climax 'I have a dream'

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that was not the substance of the speech.

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The speech was about the broken promise.

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<v ->And Mary took my hand and she said, "Peter</v>

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"we're witnessing history being made."

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<v ->I think he took me and everybody there</v>

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to a place that none of us had been taken before.

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<v ->This was a moment when you thought,</v>

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"Democracy in action was working."

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<v ->As he made that speech,</v>

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they also accepted optimism.

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Maybe there would be a time

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when black men and white men could sit down

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at the table of brotherhood.

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<v ->Our civil rights activity was born out of necessity.</v>

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<v ->It was a movement who's time had come.</v>

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And you sensed it.

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<v ->The only reason we hadn't moved before,</v>

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and the only reason other victims had not moved before,

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because we didn't have a method.

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Non-violent direct action under Martin King

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became the method.

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<v ->I hope that I see the story complete,</v>

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his complete dream.

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But I know it's a work in progress.

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And I believe

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he knew that.

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<v ->And they said, "We will shoot this dreamer.</v>

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"And see what happens to his dream."

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And the word comes

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loud and clear.

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Yes,

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unfortunately,

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you can kill

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the dreamer.

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But no, absolutely no,

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you cannot

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kill the dream.

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The dream

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is still

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alive.

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(insightful music)