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kpete

(71,953 posts) Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:15 PM Aug 2013

"50 Years After The March On Washington":

http://www.gocomics.com/mattdavies/2013/08/30

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"50 Years After The March On Washington": (Original Post) kpete Aug 2013 OP

^^^^^ Precisely Aug 2013 #1

When Bayard Rustin joelz Aug 2013 #2

Precisely

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1. ^^^^^

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Sat Aug 31, 2013, 01:04 PM

Aug 2013

joelz

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2. When Bayard Rustin

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Sat Aug 31, 2013, 01:24 PM

Aug 2013

addressed the March on Washington in 1963 he said this: "We demand that there be an increase in the national minimum wage so that men may live in dignity." The crowd cheered in response. But after fifty years of commemorating that march, after thousands of reverent re-readings of Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, that dream remains deferred - and worse.The minimum wage is lower today than it was in 1963.

http://crooksandliars.com/richard-rj-eskow/dream-deferred-minimum-wage-highe

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