THOUSANDS DESCEND ON NATIONAL MALL TO COMMEMORATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S ‘I HAVE A DREAM’ SPEECH

◼ Organizers of Saturday’s march hoped this year’s event would serve to inspire people again to educate themselves about issues they see as making up the modern civil rights struggle. - AP via The Blaze

Tens of thousands of people marched to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and down the National Mall on Saturday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of his famous speech and pledging that his dream include equality for gays, Latinos, the poor and the disabled.

The event was an homage to a generation of activists that endured fire hoses, police abuses and indignities to demand equality for African Americans. But there was a strong theme of unfinished business.