English subtitles for clip: File:The March (1964 film).webm

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Ladies and Gentleman

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I'm Carl T. Rowan

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As the new director of
the United States Information Agency,

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I have the privilege to present to you 
a dramatic document of man's continuing
search for dignity.

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It is a film about the great
Civil Rights March in Washington,

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a moving exercise of one of 
the most cherished rights in a free society,

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the right of peaceful protest.
I believe that this demonstration of both

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Whites and Negros, supported by the federal
government and by both President Johnson and

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the late President Kennedy, is a profound
example of the procedures unfettered men use

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to broaden the horizons of freedom and deepen
the meaning of personal liberty.

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Freedom Now Movement, hear me: We are requesting
all citizens to move into Washington, to go

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by plane, by car, bus, any way that you can
get there.

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Walk if necessary.
We are pushing for jobs, housing, desegregated

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schools.
This is an urgent request, please join, go

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to Washington!
Negroes want the same things that White citizens

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possess!
All of their rights.

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They want no reservations, they want complete
equality: social, economic, and political.

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And no force under the sun can stem and block and stop this Civil Rights revolution, which is now underway.

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[singing] Hold On! Hold On! Keep your eyes on the prize hold on.

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On August 28th, 1963, two hundred thousand

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Americans came to Washington to demand complete freedom for everyone.

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This is the story of that day.
[singing] Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on, hold on. Hold on! Hold on!

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[singing] Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on, hold on.
Well if the FBI

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[singing] would investigate, then probably then

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[singing] we could get a break. Keep your eyes

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[singing] on the prize, hold on, hold on.

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[singing] Hold on! Hold on!

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Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on, hold on.

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Well we are all here black and white, trying to fight for equal rights.

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[singing] Keep your eyes on the prize,
hold on, hold on.

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Hold on! Hold on! Keep your eyes on the prize, hold on.

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They came from Los Angeles and San Fransisco,
or about the distance from Moscow to Bombay.

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They came from Cleveland, Chicago, or about
the distance from Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro.

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They came from Jackson,Mississippi, from Birmingham,
Alabama, or about the distance from Johannesburg

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to Dar Es Salaam.
By the end of August 1963, in some places

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of the United States, a Negro could not go
to school where he chose, eat where he wished,

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build his home where it pleased him, or find
jobs for which he was qualified.

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He had been insulted, beaten, jailed, drenched
with water, chased by dogs, but he was coming

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to Washington he said to swallow up hatred
in love, to overcome violence by peaceful

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protest.
Many people predicted violence; Negro groups

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trained themselves to overwhelm it.
Armed with portable two way radios, volunteers

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scattered throughout the March would keep
watch should violence come there that day,

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they would call for help.
Each man would have a code name: Freedom,

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Equality, Justice, Jobs.
The constitution of the United States guarantees

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every American the right to protest peaceably.
Two hundred thousand Americans, then, were

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going to use this right.
Three hundred and fifty years ago, white men

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came to America, and three hundred and fifty
years ago, the Negro came to America.

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The one came as master, the other as slave.
One hundred years ago, Abraham Lincoln declared,

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as President of the United States, that all
slaves would henceforward be set free.

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Now, both black and white Americans were preparing
to march, to say that a century later the

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black man still was not completely free.
If I am not free, you are not free; if one

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man on earth is partly enslaved, the world
is not completely free.

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It was every man's duty then to help every
other man.

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In New York, volunteers worked for two days
and two nights to make lunches for the march.

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They made eighty thousand cheese sandwiches.
[singing] We shall overcome! We shall overcome!

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[singing] We shall overcome someday!
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
we shall overcome someday.

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The pins said, "I march for jobs and freedom."

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Everyone who marched wore one.
The two hundred thousand people who were to

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march that day were held together by the strength of that pin.

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This morning, Father, we ask that Thou would
hear the prayers of Thy children everywhere,

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those who are burdened down because of conditions
here in America, and those who are confused

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about how they should treat their fellow man.
Whoa, God rest for those that have hatred

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in their heart, to touch their hearts right
now, Father, and somehow fill their hearts

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with love.
You know God, make this a land in which live

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a land of plenty and a land of righteousness,
O God, may we recognize this land as a land

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of freedom for every race, o Father.
[singing] Here in my heart, I do believe,

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[singing] we shall overcome someday.

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[humming]

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[humming]

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Freedom! Freedom!

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5-4-3-2-1
Testing, 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

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This is an audio test, 1-2-3-4-5
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In the night, few people had arrived.

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Negro leaders feared that their work had failed.
Those that did come, waited singing.

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[singing] O, deep in my heart, You know that
I do believe, O we shall overcome some day!

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We are encouraged, we are not going to fight
our white brethren with malice, nor are we

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going to fight them with any falsified stories,
nor are we gonna fight them with hatred, but

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we're gonna fight them with love.
When they hate us, we're gonna absorb their

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hatred in love.
When they speak against us, we're gonna speak

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things of love toward them.
We're not gonna let their hatred turn us around,

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but we're gonna love them on every side.
[singing] O, I do believe,

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[singing] O, we shall overcome someday!

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Shake hands with the person beside you!

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Are you gonna be free? Yes!

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Do you wanna be free? Yes!

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Let me hear you say it: Freedom!

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Let me hear you say it: Freedom!

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Let me hear you say it: Freedom!

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[chatter]

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[chatter and singing]

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Alright, just pass them back!

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Alright, I'll start on this side.
Alright, pass them down!

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If you have any questions, or anything that's
bothering you, be sure to contact your captains

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for anything, and they will take it from there.
Do not try to do anything on your own, because

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the minute you do, you will be upsetting the
purpose of this march.

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The whole thing is an orderly conducted march.

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[chatter]

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[chatter]

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Freedom!
Freedom!
Freedom!

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[singing] We are not afraid.

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[singing] We are not afraid. We are not afraid today!

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[singing] Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
We shall overcome someday!

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We shall overcome!
[singing] We shall overcome!

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[singing] We shall overcome! We shall overcome someday!

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[singing] Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
that We shall overcome someday!

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[applause]

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[singing] I'm on my way, and I won't turn back!

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[singing] And I'm on my way, and I won't turn back!

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[singing] Oh I'm on my way, and I won't turn back!

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[singing] I'm on my way, thank God, I'm on my way!

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[singing] And I'm on my way, and I won't turn back!

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[singing] And I'm on my way, and I won't turn back!

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[singing] I'm on my way, and I won't turn back,

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[singing] I'm on my way, thank God, I'm on my way!

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[applause]

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We call this section of our program to a halt,
and ask you to assemble in your respective groups,

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and begin the March for Freedom now.
Let us begin quietly and orderly to move out,

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remembering that by your great numbers, you
will force a slow, dignified, and stately march.

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We'll see you at the Lincoln Memorial.

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Very, very fine.
We're gonna wake up Lincoln, telling him to

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get up and stop tapping his feet.

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[singing quietly]

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[singing and clapping]
[chanting]

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[singing] Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom!
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom!
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom!

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[singing] Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom!
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom!

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[singing] Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom!
Freedom, Freedom, Freedom, Freedom!

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[singing] Well if you walk the walk, then you talk the talk!
Well if you walk the walk, then you talk the talk!
[singing]

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[singing] Stayed on freedom!
Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelujah!

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[singing] Well if you walk the walk, then you talk the talk!
Well if you walk the walk, then you talk the talk!

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[chatter and music]

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[singing] Stayed on Freedom!
Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelu, Hallelujah!

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Ladies and Gentlemen!

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Ladies and Gentlemen, your attention please!
Ladies and Gentlemen, your attention please!

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I would first like to congratulate all of
you on the orderly, dignified manner in which

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you executed the March from the Washington
Memorial.

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You have already told the world what we are
here for, and shown them by your courage,

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determinitation, and your order that we mean
business.

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[applause]

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We will now be favored with a solo by Miss Marian Anderson.

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We would like to do for you a Negro spiritual

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which has been a favorite of many audiences
through the United States.

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At the piano is Mr. Fax.
We would like to do for you "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands."

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[singing] He's got the whole world in His hands,

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[singing] He's got the big round world in His
hands, He's got the wide world in His hands,

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[singing] He's got the whole world in His hands.
He's got the wind and the rain

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[singing] in His hands, He's got the moon and the stars
in His hands, He's got the wind and the rain

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[singing] in His hands, He's got the whole world in
His hands.

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[singing] He's got the little bits of baby
in His hands, He's got the little bits of

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[singing] baby in His hands, He's got the little bits
of baby in His hands,

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[singing] He's got the whole world in His hands.
He's got you and me brother

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[singing] in His hands, He's got you and me sister in His hands,
He's got you and me brother in His hands,

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[singing] He's got the whole world in his hands.
Oh He's got everybody in His hands,

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[singing] He's got everybody in His hands, He's got
everybody here right in His hands,

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[singing] He's got the whole world in His hands!

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[applause]

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I have the pleasure to present to you Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

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[applause]

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The audio has been redacted due to a copyright
restriction by Dr. King's family.

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[applause]

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restriction by Dr. King's family.

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[applause]

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[applause]

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[cheers]
[applause]

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[singing] Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe
that we shall overcome someday!

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[singing]

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On behalf of the National Committee for the
March on Washington

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[singing] Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
we shall overcome someday!

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[singing] Let us walk together, Let us walk together.

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[singing] We shall overcome someday!
Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe,
we shall overcome someday!

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[singing]

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I think history was written today, which will
have its affect on coming generations, with

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respect to our democracy, with respect to
our ideals, with respect to the great struggle

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of man toward freedom and human dignity.
There were many who praised this day and said

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that there had been a new awakening in the
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Others called it a national disgrace.
In the wake of this day, more violence was

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to come, more hatred.
But in the long history of man's cruelty to

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man, this was a day of hope.

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[singing] Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!
Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!